[Peepers]

I suspect the law-abiding citizens wil roam in order to stay fed. The criminals will stay put and organize gangs to control territories.

[nobodypanic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'i') nominate this post as the most naive of this month. Any objections?

[SoylentGreen]

Most will stay put until thier food runs out.The ones who run out of food 1st with firepower will snipe & assualt the ones with remaining food stores.

[vetusfirma]

My Grandmother told me stories of farmers and town folk banding together to burn out the hobo jungles every year during the depression. Now those were bad times, but only about 25% unemployment. What we are in store for will be worse, and the problems on both sides of this issue will be worst. Don't think violence won't occur on both sides.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Peepers', 'I') suspect the law-abiding citizens wil roam in order to stay fed. The criminals will stay put and organize gangs to control territories.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', '
')There are people who live in the 3rd world on $300/month in densely populated cities. If they can afford to eat food sent in 3,000 miles away

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', '
')Of course we'll have a smaller population!
But that doesn't mean we can't have big cities right? Even if the world population drops to only 1 billion why can't we have a couple mega-cities of 7million++ New York, London, Moscow, Tokyo?

[sittinguy]

OK,, I have a question?? What makes some of you think that rural people will do worse than big city people? At least in the rural we have some room and maybe a few resources, like lakes, woods, trees, small game.

All the people in the city with limited resources seems to me that will be a powder keg of violence.

Please answer

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'a')d hominen snippage

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sittinguy', 'O')K,, I have a question?? What makes some of you think that rural people will do worse than big city people?

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sittinguy', 'O')K,, I have a question?? What makes some of you think that rural people will do worse than big city people?

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('skyemoor', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'M')ost in rural areas are not engaging in paramilitary fantasies.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sittinguy', 'O')K,, I have a question?? What makes some of you think that rural people will do worse than big city people? At least in the rural we have some room and maybe a few resources, like lakes, woods, trees, small game.

All the people in the city with limited resources seems to me that will be a powder keg of violence.

Please answer

[biofuel13]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', ' ').....if they try to rely on game, so is everyone else which means that game will only last so long, even here in WI were we are choking on deer... everyone hunts deer... someone runs out of deer.

[gnm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', 'R')ural people lack society and they will do worse than city dwellers if they need something from society since they are separated from it.

[CarlinsDarlin]

I have to agree with you gnm. i have lived in rural areas, medium sized towns and large cities. Rural communities are much more close knit.

I lived in Houston, TX for about three years. I lived in a large apartment complex. The only people I knew well were the people I worked with and a few choice other friends. I couldn't tell you the name of one of my neighbors in the apartment complex.

Where I live now is a rural community. I live on a "loop" that is a bit more than five miles around. I can tell you who lives in almost every house on that loop. I know people from my community, my church, people in town, people who I see regularly in the grocery store... you name it. Rural communities and small towns are certainly more "social" than any other place I have lived. It's a rare event when I don't recognize a vehicle driving by my home.
Kathy

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('biofuel13', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', ' ').....if they try to rely on game, so is everyone else which means that game will only last so long, even here in WI were we are choking on deer... everyone hunts deer... someone runs out of deer.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', ' ')rural America is a nightmare deathtrap.

[AgentR]

I wonder about freezers sometimes... Self-sufficiency arguments aside, when we start making REAL choices about what to use hyper-expensive electricity on; the chest freezer seems to me to be pretty high on the value vs cost comparison. It'd be the last thing I would choose to do without.

Not that you can't preserve food in other ways, but freezing, for all its faults, gives the best results.

I really need to learn how to go from corn on the stalk to cornmeal in a box though.. without making people think I'm crazy that is.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('allenwrench', '
')For me, I'd rather be somewhat rural than live in a concrete jungle. Just not too rural where the closest town is 20 miles away.