Urban and suburban preppers have their own sets of challenges when it comes to prepping for disasters and surviving them.
Everything needs to be planned and prepared differently: from the bug out bag, bug out routes, apartment security, bug out vehicles, food and water sources, water purification, gardening and much more.
Surviving a genuine SHTF situation is plenty difficult and harrowing enough when you have plenty of supplies and a home of your own, be it a house or an apartment. But it is so much more difficult when you are on the streets. Maybe you lost your home for whatever reason before disaster struck. Maybe
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Plenty of preppers talk about bugging out, but not enough folks talk about “getting home”. Considering that most people spend a significant fraction of their waking hours outside of and away from their home, at work, school, traveling, etc., the first tactical problem you need to solve in a major crisis could well be just
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When you consider camouflage, you think of hunters, wearing a pattern that makes them one with the marsh, the mountains or the trees. You could also think of a soldier or SWAT cop wearing tactical gear designed to fade into the background, or of military installations covered by that tattered-looking netting designed to hide them
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When considering all of the challenges and planning that you’ll have to attend to when it comes to prepping it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking it is a black and white situation. Most articles you see on the subject are oriented towards those who dwell in the cities, and subsequently how
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Dense, built-up urban terrain makes for one of the most challenging environments to survive in. From sprawling Southern cities to towering skyscraper hives of Northern metropolises, urban areas come in all shapes and sizes, but they all present similar advantages and disadvantages to preppers getting ready to survive tough times. You might not live in
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While a majority of the most basic material preps will cover you no matter what kind of disaster you are facing and where, certain situations and locales will require additional or completely different approaches. There are few places where this will become more readily apparent than the concrete jungles of major cities. Any large city
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Most expert preppers agree that those with the ability to live or bug out to a rural location have a greater chance of surviving a widespread SHTF event. But for those who find themselves trapped in an urban environment or suburb when SHTF, there are a number of excellent urban survival books that can provide
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One of the most important things to consider in today’s society is safety for yourself and your family. For those living in an apartment, home security can be more challenging due to the close proximity of people living in the area as well as the greater likelihood of people coming and going frequently. So, we’ve
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When it comes to a post-SHTF situation, one of the most critical resources you will need is fresh water that can be filtered for drinking. If you live in a more rural area or own a home with a little bit of land, you may have a well, spring, or other fresh water source on
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There are many things we have to take into account when we begin to prepare for a SHTF scenario. A lot of time, research, and preparations go with the lifestyle, and some of us don’t know where we should start. One of the obvious choices is growing your own food, but how do you do
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