What is the best environment to survive in?

What environment is the BEST for surviving in for one Fall season?

  • SouthWestern United States

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  • SouthEastern United States

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • NorthWestern United States

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • NorthEastern United States

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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psy-ops

psy-ops

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After driving through the southwest and seeing useful materials everywhere I turned my head, I did think this is pretty good here.

The SW desert environment has some weaknesses like water but all in all it is a pretty good place to survive in.

I recently moved from Mississippi, I have to say the the SE is pretty great for finding everything you could need. Mosquitos are probably the worst.

Apologies to citizens of other countries.
 
I have to say that the southeast is the easiest....

Winter is usually not too harsh, and it only lasts a few months, and fall is simply beautiful and very pleasant.
Drinkable water is plentiful in most places (except the coast).
Plenty of timber to build shelters in most places.
Plenty of wildlife to catch and eat, and plenty of edible plants.
The terrain is easy to navigate and traverse (if you avoid the swamps).



The only drawbacks are....

Snakes (cottonmouth, rattlesnake, copperhead, coral snake, atlantic sea snake).
Spiders (black widow, brown recluse).
Ticks.
Mosquitos.
Bees (wasps, hornets, yellow-jackets).





Oh yeah....and inbred hillbillies with sodomy on their minds!

Squeal like a pig!

Squeal like a pig!
 
As someone who lives in AZ I don't think that survival is at all easy here.

Already we have had days breaking 100*. There is almost no water or shade. Even with all the growth there are still large areas where there is no civilization so no materials to salvage.

Plus there are black widows, scorpions, Gila Monsters and rattlesnakes to contend with.

Give me the South East.

Chad
 
I would tend to go with what we call the southwest coast...just north of what you call the northwest!

The coast has really got to be the easiest place to get by. There is no end of wood for shelter and fuel, all the freshwater eventually goes back here so there are tons of streams and rivers, and wildlife is incredibly abundant, from fish to fowl to the myriad of predators that come to the coast to feed.

It's temperate and the winters aren't too cold on account of the ocean. There aren't really any poisonous things to worry about, just bears...and if you spend a lot of time in the bush here, you don't worry much about them.

I think there's a reason the indigenous peoples here didn't go for agricuture much...no need. Living off the land, even with stone tools, would have been fairly easy, especially in the days before industrialized society started raping the resources.

I think any desert would be hard going. Our desert is a lot less severe than the one in the southwestern US, and it would still be tougher by far than relaxing here on the coast.

Anybody recall that survivorman episode where is is stranded on the beach after a "kayaking mishap" and spends the first couple of days on the beach before heading into the jungle? The beach is pretty comfortable compared to the woods. Coasts are lush environments almost everywhere.

Anyway that's my pick.
 
Coasts are lush environments almost everywhere.
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As long as you have fresh water.
There are some coasts that go on for miles and miles without a freshwater stream or river, like the North Carolina Outer Banks.
IIRC, most of the natural fresh water out there is from rain filled ponds.
 
"Survival Experts" say tropical islands are the best (Assuming you have fresh water I suppose).



I'm familiar with swampy terrain (from south Louisiana), but the problem is mosquitoes.

I've lived in Colorado, in the summer time procuring water would be great there as some of the mountain streams are clean enough to drink, and as for finding food the chipmunks would be easy as hell to catch. It does get cold at night though so you'd need a nice fire.
 
NE, i would much rather be really cold than really hot so that rules out SE and SW and i have no expirience in the NW.
 
For me it would need to be North enough to get some relief from the bugs for a while each year. Western SD, NE, Southern MN. Several other states would probably share these conditions.
 
i would say northeast becuase i know it well, and i love the hardwoods and i can hardly stand to be away from my great big pines and maples and oaks for long at all.

i know where to find useful things, and how to use the materials at hand. i am used to the winters and i know the summers well.

so based on my narrow scope of experience, i choose northeast.
 
I'd say the easiest place to survive is the one that you're used to. That may sound flippant, but it's true.

A lot of questions come up from time to time about what you'd do if civilization ended. Well, I'd head for the mountains. Not for the reason most would however, I'd go there because it's where I grew up, and I know how to survive there much better than I do in the swamp I live in now. I grew up dealing with harsh winters, and growing up poor, a lot of years we didn't have electricity, and thus, only the heat from the fireplace. You slept in sleeping bags inside. I can deal with the cold. But the 100+ degree heat and 100% humidity down here in the summer just sucks the life out of me.

Every area has its dangers and advantages. Learn your and learn it well, and you'll be able to survive fine.
 
Welcome to the South Cpl punishment....the heat & humid can suck the life right out of ya...after a hard days work ,go home and do not wanna do a thing...
 
Interesting how the Great Lakes / Midwest states were not considered in the poll. Is someone is afraid of a little cold weather? JK.
 
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