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I always see some truly naive optimism in threads like these. Global collapse means shipping is dead, which means every city is in a state of famine.
Pick your closest city, split the population in 4 for each cardinal direction and run some rough estimates on how many will be walking near your door. That's ignoring all the people in your own town that don't have gardens.
I know I have close to a million people coming my way, and someone's going to kill me for my little dozen potatoes. You can't fight off that many people with a handful of neighbors. It also takes a shit load of gardening to keep a family of 4 alive.
If your plan doesn't involve getting the fuck out of dodge and having a cache of food somewhere remote (with a cottage or small cabin if you live in a winter region), it will fail.
You probably have the most realistic advice, I support it, but I'm afraid we will have to move a lot just like in the book McCarthy Road.
Assuming your favorite apocalypse fantasy setting doesn’t involve cities getting nuked, that’s the place hole up with your hoard of food.
A cottage in the woods stands out. It’s attractive. A boarded up apartment doesn’t, isn’t.
Once the bulk of the starving and murdering is done with, you can go find yourself a nice cottage that didn’t get shot up too badly.