by The_Toecutter » Thu 02 Nov 2006, 04:17:36
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')y wife and I have a difference of opinion; she thinks that most people in St. Louis would do just what you said in a SHTF situation, stay put in familiar surroundings instead of take a chance in the unknown backwoods, no matter what the level of desperation. I figure at least a few, particularly those used to coming down in the fall to this area to hunt, would take the chance, but then that is one of the reasons why we hill farts are armed to the hilt.
I do intend to leave St. Louis and get off the grid, but if I haven't done that by the time TSHTF, I'm probably not going anywhere.
I'd probably get along pretty fine with the folk there, provided there aren't too many racists around. Maybe when I finish that electric Triumph GT6, I'll have to take a trip down there. I'd hazard a guess that such a vehicle would be a major culture shock to the people there.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ave you ever been down this way, say to Pilot Knob or Johnson Shutin, or Elephant Rock?
I can't say I've ever stopped in any of the towns, but I have explored quite a few rural areas while committing certain illegal and/or quasi-legal activities in Illinois and Missouri. Don't worry. I've never harmed anyone or their property, but the heat has tried to get me too many times for comfort.