The more visible your defenses, the more someone would question "Hmmmm, exactly what do they have in there that requires so much protection?". And remember it doesn't matter how far off of a roadway you are, unless your driveway/access is completely grown over and concealed, your locale WILL be discovered.

Depending on the exact SHTF scenario, adaptability will be to your best advantage but the points mentioned above will most likely be universal. If a foreign invader happens upon your place and discover its a heavily fortified fortress, guess why it just became appealing to them? That's right, if you fail to defend it you've just given them a foothold against our own forces. If the problem is domestic instability, and your place looks like Ft.Knox, that suggests you hold supplies inside that could be very valuable to them. They'll likely wait you out, or even operate in teams testing and finding weakness in your defenses until you simply die tired, and/or confused. Also in the domestic factor, never underestimate the power of a solo veteran hunter of the land. He/she will observe, wait and later just snipe the real visible threat, leaving them all the time in the world to figure out ways past your traps, etc.

By all means live on (and of course off of) your land. Keep some things in obvious locations with ease and accessibility. (Bait). Then keep your more important things in far less obvious areas and don't make routine trips to them unless you can do so completely unseen from the outside.

OR...... you could opt to live in a mountain community, situated in an EXTREMELY defensible, natural terrain that yeilds only one way in, and one way out by vehicle traffic. But I wouldn't know of such a place, can't help you.


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