Easiest place to survive

I'd say some sort of Mediterranean climate. Long growing seasons, mild winters, lots of food in lakes, rivers and sea...

Think about how long civilizations thrived throughout history around the Mediterranean Sea. It looks like a winner to me.

Places with snow and freezing temps can be tricky. You've gotta find lots of protein for extended periods of time. Hypothermia can be deadly pretty quickly. Good clothing and shelter are necessities and even if you're used to it (heck, I live in upstate NY and know a thing or two about cold and wet) one mistake can be costly.

Give me a spot near the water with groves of fruit trees and I'd be fat and happy for a long, long time, not only on the fruit, but the animals that also like to browse in the surrounding area.

I should make some retirement plans one of these days...
 
I'd have to say that New Zealand is pretty good in many ways. No snakes or dangerous predatory animals, mild climate, most streams have water that is safe to drink, feral deer, boar, possums & rabbits in the bush to hunt & trap. We have plenty of areas that don't get so cold you can't be comfortable if you have a tent and sleeping bag but also it is rare to see temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius in the middle of summer.

Good climate + lack of dangerous flora & fauna + safe to drink water + edible animals = better than most places to survive!
 
Gadgetaholic said:
I'd have to say that New Zealand is pretty good in many ways. No snakes or dangerous predatory animals, mild climate, most streams have water that is safe to drink, feral deer, boar, possums & rabbits in the bush to hunt & trap. We have plenty of areas that don't get so cold you can't be comfortable if you have a tent and sleeping bag but also it is rare to see temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius in the middle of summer.

Good climate + lack of dangerous flora & fauna + safe to drink water + edible animals = better than most places to survive!
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You make a good point, even without the sheep jokes.;)

I've always wondered why New Zealand and Australia, while being so close, are so very, very different.

I'd love to visit some day.
 
slimshaneee said:
Definitely the Big Rock Candy Mountain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqowmHgxVJQ
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LMAO. New Zealand survival, all you need is a 1960's era russian built multisport bike, and of course a sheep.
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PayetteRucker said:
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack has a great rendition!
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When I was just a wee tyke, back in the early fifties, there was a version that I really, really liked. I didn't understand all that the song was about back then, but it delighted the heck out of me anyway. I think (not sure though) that it was done by Burl Ives.
 
My vote has to go to someplace like Hawaii, or other Pacific Islands and I hear New Zealand is not bad either. Someplace with a constant moderate climate and coconuts is a good start.

Anyplace where you need fire to keep warm translates into difficult just due to the time you have to spend providing fuel instead of securing food.
 
PayetteRucker said:
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
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abo4ster said:
squishware said:
Florida.
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Back in the day when Florida burned regularly and there were savannahs and the longleaf/wiregrass ecosystem was intact, it would have been a great place. All of Alachua County is like an archaelogical site.
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Yeah, dude. Florida?
Yer flippin' nuts.
 
Yeah, it wouldn't be that bad having to hike up into the hills around here. Plenty of food to eat, and wood to cut for shelter/firewood. I mean, around here, you can't step a few feet into any wooded area and not trip over the numerous edible wild mushrooms that thrive around here; like golden chanterelles, boletus, morels, etc..

Not to mention plenty of caves, gold mines, and abandoned homesteads/cabins in which to live in if the SHTF... :)
 
natural fresh water lakes, rivers as far from Human urbanisation as possible. You'll have everything there, sadly if shtf you'll be in competition like you'd never believe for a spot in heaven and thats without the B.S system civilising the fall out.
 
The best place to survive? I would have to say the forests of the southeastern US. I grew up in western Arkansas for a number of years as a kid shortly after WWII. The kindly 'hill billies' who'd been there for generations showed me many of the 'tricks.' After a year or so of such tutoring, I could have run off into the woods and stayed fat and sassy just living off the land. There's small game, birds, and fish in abundance and a multitude of growing things from nuts to berries, to whatever. In the old days, those areas supported a large population of native Americans. You might have to slap mosquitos and pick ticks but shelter, water, and food would be non problems. Added to that are the relatively mild winters which, IMO, really aid survival. Further south, with access to both the forests and the seacoast would make survival even easier.
 
Cpl Punishment said:
Yeah, dude. Florida?
Yer flippin' nuts.
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Like I said, "Back in the day."

The Timucan Indians flourished in north and central Florida before the Europeans came. You had tremendous resources with two coastlines, pristine inland water, great climate, savannahs, flat ground to travel over, and back when it burned regularly, the bugs weren't bad.

If you ever go to Gainesville, the museum of natural history has some great exhibits and there are examples of shell mounds all of Florida.

Florida as it is today... let's put it this way, I left...
 
Yeah, I was referring to the guy who posted he'd pick FL, and used your and Payette's responses as the reason, so I didn't have to type it out.

I went to school in Gainesville, UF, and have been to the museum.
 
PayetteRucker said:
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.
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I can see that yes. Small country means not much space and that is no good for wild life.
 
Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, North Carolina. Temperate, abundant game, lots of freshwater and springs, lots of timber and caves.
 
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