I got an old abandoned insane asylum on the top of a hill next to a naturally occurring spring kinda near me. You really couldn't ask for a better location. Farm on the roof.
I speculate that in a real world zombie apocalypse scenario the zombies will probably be just one war crime out of many, Half Life 2 style, so it must be assumed that if you manage to fortify a location against zombies, that fortification is probably getting noticed by a drone and bombed or similar after not too long. Therefore instead of holing up, it would be a better strategy to focus on offense instead of defense in some way.
You want someplace with the infrastructure to support lots of people (or a few people for a long time), but little local population to compete for those resources. National parks are generally well stocked, with water and lodging to support peak tourist season, but at least in the western US, most are pretty far from major metropolitan areas.
Grand Canyon and Yellowstone have a lot to offer in a zombie apocalypse.
A shopping mall, so I can pick up a flashlight, duct tape some jewelry on it and use it as a lightsaber
With my family.
I live in Jackson Hole. According to The Last of Us, this is the place to be.
My house is pretty good for a zombie apocalypse, i'll probably just hang out here.
The local library Archives.
probably a farm with solar power
The Principality of Sealand.
A bridge. Destroy the entrance on both sides, build a draw bridge in its place. This is assuming youre not worried about human enemies, which are always the real threat.
Nuclear powered carrier ship in the middle of the ocean.
You know how to run those?
I bet there's a manual somewhere on the ship.
Yeah probably, it's only thermonuclear science
How hard can it be?
Just nuclear. No fusion power happening on a boat yet.
any, I'm gonna say the Fortress of Solitude from Superman
I choose to secure all of North America.
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At my home. It's where all my supplies are. I have just enough that I can just sit out the first few weeks of absolute chaos and then I'll see where I go from there. I'd probably try and find a remote summer cabin somewhere by a lake which hopefully has solar power already installed but if not, I'll figure it out. Main thing that it's remote and has a wood stove and access to food and water. Hopefully in two floors as well so that I can collapse the stairs and sleep safely upstairs.
It really depends on a lot of things.
In almost any crisis any population centre is going to be an absolute shit show.
OTOH being by yourself in the wilderness is also challenging. Even if you know a place with good fishing or something where you think you could support yourself - you probably couldn't when 1,000 other people are thinking of the same place.
You absolutely need a good local supply of fresh water, and of course protein.
The only place that satisfies all of these criteria is a Farm or small farming community.
You'd need to offer yourself as security / labor / slave to a farmer. Assuming a large influx of refugees from cities and no supply of diesel they will need security and diesel.
The old food warehouse I worked at. They installed 1100+ solar panels on the roof to offset the huge cost of running giant freezers during summer. There is more than enough food for not only making food for myself but also to trade with other people to make a community work. Also only a few entrances for security.
Assuming real-world conditions and limitations, ie the virus flavor of zombie vs the magical undead kind, then pretty much any large establishment (gonna need lots of food/supplies) in the arctic or antarctic would do the trick. Zombie not much of a threat if it's a chunk of zombie shaped ice.
The Rockies. There’s already a low population in a lot of areas, millions of acres set aside as wilderness, fresh water and game, wood, steep terrrain, fire lookouts/ranger cabins/cabins/abandoned mines. Winter show would also slow/hinder zombies and make for an easier kill. The downside is that I know I wouldn’t be the only one and the main threat would be all the other backcountry survivalists heading for the hills and defending their resources.
Decommissioned mine. Large enough to house a community, plenty of space for garden beds / housing inside to minimize risky trips into the outside world, solar panels can be run from the mine entrance or up through air shafts. Limited entrances and exits make it easily defensible, and mine shafts can be turned into simple traps for the undead.
The public library.
Zombies are too braindead to be interested in books, they will never feel any need to come check one if there are people hiding. Plus, I would have enough books to read while I watch them mindlessly walk around on the streets, interested in nothing. A bit like our modern days zombies: smartphone users ;)
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