Easiest place to survive

Northern Cali and Oregon coastal area. Moderate (relatively) weather, plenty of fresh water, and good eatin'.

I dig the mountains around inland San Diego for about 3/4 of the year, but it can get pretty damn hot and dry in the summer months. Because of this I don't think I could call it "easy".
 
JCavSD said:
Northern Cali and Oregon coastal area. Moderate (relatively) weather, plenty of fresh water, and good eatin'.

I dig the mountains around inland San Diego for about 3/4 of the year, but it can get pretty damn hot and dry in the summer months. Because of this I don't think I could call it "easy".
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Well, I have to concede that it does get a little warm in the summer.:D

Still, it's not that bad if you know where the water is. No, there's not as much water as there is up North, but the winters are a lot milder down here.
 
Historically the natives would move from the mountains down to the coastal area during the warmer parts of the year. I would forsee the same migratory pattern if at all possible.

Or there is water year round at that deer trough at dyer springs...
 
I would say somewhere in the northern part of the US for me. I much prefer the cold, and there is plenty of water. There is an abundance of small game as well as deer, too.
 
lumpymike1 said:
Historically the natives would move from the mountains down to the coastal area during the warmer parts of the year. I would forsee the same migratory pattern if at all possible.

Or there is water year round at that deer trough at dyer springs...
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It depends on which bands of natives you're talking about, Mike, but you're absolutely correct in that some bands did move from the mountains to the sea. I should have mentioned that in my original post. There seems to have been some problems with bands that migrated to the sea, though, since the local Diguenos that lived along the coast year round apparently resented the migration. They were willing to trade with the mountain folk, but resented their intrusion into the coastal areas.

There's year round water at a number of locations around here. I spent almost fifty years wandering around our mountains and foothills with a topo map checking the ones that were marked. It was fun. Now I'm too old to do that much hiking... but I know where there's water.:D
 
dawsonbob said:
There's year round water at a number of locations around here. I spent almost fifty years wandering around our mountains and foothills with a topo map checking the ones that were marked. It was fun. Now I'm too old to do that much hiking... but I know where there's water.:D
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Going to have to drag your old butt out into the mountains so you can show me where the water is. ;) I get tired of lugging water all over, and it certainly impedes my ability to carry beer.
 
JCavSD said:
Going to have to drag your old butt out into the mountains so you can show me where the water is. ;) I get tired of lugging water all over, and it certainly impedes my ability to carry beer.
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LOL! I'd probably go for it if I could. Right now I'm waiting for the VA to fix me up so I can walk more than a block, but if (when) they do, I'll certainly let you know. Right now, you really would have to drag my old butt, because I can't move it very well by myself (I'm working on it though).:D

You do understand that beer contains water, so I don't understand the problem. Be a Happy Hiker!
 
Downtown Denver. You are given free clothes and camping gear, at least 2 free meals a day, and if you're willing to stand on the corner for a few hours during rush hour you can make nearly a hundred bucks. Police will not hassle you for sleeping on the sidewalk or even on the lawn of the Capitol, nor will they confiscate your stolen shopping cart. The weather here is better than average too.
 
tyr_shadowblade said:
downtown denver. You are given free clothes and camping gear, at least 2 free meals a day, and if you're willing to stand on the corner for a few hours during rush hour you can make nearly a hundred bucks. Police will not hassle you for sleeping on the sidewalk or even on the lawn of the capitol, nor will they confiscate your stolen shopping cart. The weather here is better than average too.
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lmao!

thats awesome :D
 
Interesting answers all, including Denver. :D
I've often thinked this since I live in pretty harsh Scandinavia. I'd propably die around winter unless I'd trust on hunting manflesh... ... But maybe Im just thinking it with modern standards. Wild game must have been abundant back in days when farming didn't exist.

I think that fruits and berries is the easiest survival way for "green" survivalists or common folks.. Different thing is how that would affect you mentally, eating only fruits... unless you are some sort of greenthumb.
 
A.L. said:
I've been thinking, what would be the easiest place to survive on earth?

Im thinking of nature, no or low equipment. Perhaps a place where you could just pick fruits from trees around the year or fish/hunt with ease. And what about enviromentwise? Sleeping with little protection on you?

Or is there places like that anymore? Sounds too much of Eden?
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Well...if you can tolerate the mosquitoes...and not contract some pathogen, dodge the tropical storms and hurricanes, and avoid leaking oil rigs it's really hard to die of thirst, starvation, or freezing to death on the southern coasts :).

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We would have to try to "survive" in every part of the Globe to know which place was truly the "easiest."

I haven't ever been outside of the Americas and for the most part I only have experience on the west coast of the US and Hawaii. If I had to choose a location, it would the Northwest Oregon Coast, where I was raised and where I have the most experience and comfort.
 
Idaho is ideal in some places and difficult in others, it really depends if you are moving or sitting on an untouched mountain lake full of prime trout. We don't have very good wood here-lots of softwoods and the hardwoods we have are not at all ideal for manipulating as tools, shelter material, firecraft, traps etc. but the land is so huge and empty you'll wind up putting on a ton of long hard miles under the sun no matter what you do. I'd say northwoods in general, Wisconsin, the UP, Minnesota, in the summertime at least. You can steal corn and other vegitables from farms, lots of rabbits, foolbirds, turkey, geese, fish, deer, available freshwater, mild temperatures and lots of trees to protect from exposure. Black dirt and clay that are easy to work with, lots of naturally occuring edible vegitation and mushrooms as well.
 
squishware said:
Florida.
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If you like watching organisms growing on your flesh, that literally peels off in rolls due to the humidity and inescapable water, or the animals that are so wormy inside they are inedible, or nothing but putrid standing water and poisonous bugs that like to crawl in humid body cavities and lay eggs :D
 
A.L. said:
Interesting answers all, including Denver. :D
I've often thinked this since I live in pretty harsh Scandinavia. I'd propably die around winter unless I'd trust on hunting manflesh... ... But maybe Im just thinking it with modern standards. Wild game must have been abundant back in days when farming didn't exist.

I think that fruits and berries is the easiest survival way for "green" survivalists or common folks.. Different thing is how that would affect you mentally, eating only fruits... unless you are some sort of greenthumb.
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Back in the day when reindeer were herded for meat and hides and the woods were full of just about any edible animal you could think of, the summers would have been spectacular in scandinavia. What spread out urbanization there is has greatly restricted those thriving areas though, so hunting mid and large sized game isn't just a walk in the woods anymore. Not to mention dependance on whales and other large ocean animals. Seal skins and whale blubber are more than enough to keep you fueled and warm in the winter, but most people don't have the capacity to drag a sperm whale out of the North Sea or Atlantic Ocean anymore. You still have alot of amazing hardwoods to utilize for cabin construction and fire fuel, so if you could build a small hovel on a 4 season creek or a clear water lake you can probably stay warm enough to survive.
 
I can't decide, but two things come to mind, the polynesians could get by with very little fat in thier diet due to the warm temperatures of latitude. And the other thing came from an article by Thomas Elpel, The Art of Nothing, linked below. The hunter/gathers of the plains only worked 2 to 3 hours a day for thier existence.

http://www.hollowtop.com/spt_html/nothing.htm
 
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