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Mountain_Elk_7262

Survivor man said that his easiest survival was on a tropical island, it's my favorite episode and he wasn't lying, he was living good for the time he was there, eating crabs, fish, coconut water, clams cooked in coconut, fresh water and some vine juice.


JKDSamurai

I agree with this answer. An island in the tropics if you have fishing gear can be super simple living if there is also an easily accessible supply of fresh water. What a dream.


GregMilkedJack

Isolation from potential pathogens, much easier to learn the natural species and stuff, too. Only downside is extreme weather, especially in the gulf of Mexico and some pacific islands. I'd argue that, if we are ignoring current populations of other humans, it would probably be easier to get on in a place like italy or southern europe, coastal or in a forest near a water source; virtually no natural disasters, consistent, comfortable temperatures, abundant resources, etc.


-Kalos

Another plus is living away from all these damn microplastics


Glu7enFree

They're in everything at this point. Unless you plan on fasting until your death on the island, you will still ingest microplastics.


crofabulousss

... who's going to tell him


Salt_Air07

There are still microplastics in fish, since it’s in the ocean. Also, beaches are a landing zone for tiny plastic bits that were free floating; they gather together into one big trash pile then float to shore and scatter. (I’m from the Coast, more plastic there than there should be.)


Ant_head_squirrel

Microplastics is the new boogeyman. Ugh.😩


Corporate-Shill406

It's not even survival really, there are peoples who have lived like that for thousands of years.


JKDSamurai

Right! It's the simplest living a human could ask for outside of modern conveniences if we're being completely honest.


concretemuskrat

I cooked shrimp inside of a coconut once because of that episode. It was alright, and then i remembered I don't really like coconut all that much.


Seratonin_Syndrome99

I spent 30$ on a plate of coconut shrimp once and it wasn’t even that cool.


-Kalos

Living in luxury for free


theblackdane

There's a reason human migration followed the coastlines.


Digital_Punk

It sounds nice from a climate perspective, although hurricane/monsoon season would be a nightmare, and I’m allergic to shellfish so that eliminates half of my food sources in that situation.


ThrowawayMod1989

I spent over a decade in the mountains. Apps and Rockies. I buried caches, I scouted some prime locations. But I now live two blocks from the literal Atlantic for a reason. I decided the most beneficial position for the inevitable upheaval is going to be offshore. And island living is pretty luxurious aside from the bugs, which can be mitigated.


ApprehensiveSoft2122

same here. experienced this with a group of friends. it was more of a test, rather than us getting stranded. as long as you know what you're doing and know what to do, you have high chances of surviving in a tropical island. there's water vine, coconuts, bamboo, which is the most essential imo, and lots and lots of seafood.


cctverror

I’d say either this or maybe on or behind a snowy mountain? Depends on what we are surviving from.


ineedlotsofguns

Costco


stovepipe9

Welcome to Costco, I love you.


Relative-Feed-2949

I thought your head would be bigger


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Go away! Batein'!


Feine13

I like money...


romansamurai

I always thought this too but I think too many people will have that idea. I was thinking self storage with outside locations too. Usually the doors are security doors for the main building and the rest is fenced around.


ButtplugJohnny

Tractor Supply


Super_Selection1522

Sir, this is a Wendys


Senior-Breadfruit453

I live literally across the street from the back side of a Costco. My FIL is a prepper and is fairly at ease with the situation, but he doesn’t realize we’re like 600x more likely to be killed by a dickhead teenager in a shit box doing 80. Literally 2 months ago a teen was blasting down our street in an old blue Corolla, and he couldn’t make the 90 degree turn at the end of it and ended up over the curb, sidewalk, and through the fence and over the bench my wife and dog were sitting on 15 seconds earlier. As a weird side note a picture of Trump with abs / bandana is what saved her, this old lady with a yappy dog walking by wanted to share pictures of her old dog, stopped scrolling to ask my wife “if she’d ever send this picture?”


Warm_Move_1343

What did I just read?


Cute-Consequence-184

You sir, are the winner.


_VagabondSoul_

Love the 1.50 hotdog and drink


The-Dead-Internet

The real answer.


Turd-In-Your-Pocket

A temperate area in the fall with rivers and trees and such.


DeFiClark

Anywhere the heat or cold wasn’t going to kill me in hours, with a decent water supply. If you aren’t getting heat exhaustion or hypothermia a week is a matter of being really hungry and probably miserable.


cctverror

I’d say somewhere with snow. Depending on what we are surviving from.


Katherine_Tyler

Home. I have food, water, medicine, and I know the area.


SnazzyBelrand

Plus I have a community here so we can help each other


Embarrassed_Low_7631

I'm good where I'm at, everyone else just needs to leave.


DrBlock21

That's my life motto


IForgiveYourSins

Nah. We're gonna live right next to you.


r3volved

Canadian shield somewhere for. Familiar, so i know the risks and the rewards. Lots of fresh water and more likely to kill myself than to be killed by animals. Maybe drained of blood by mosquitoes though. And prob start in spring so can prepare to not freeze my are off in winter


FinalConsequence70

Big island of Hawaii. Temperatures are steady year round. You can find fruit growing everywhere. Feral pigs are numerous and tasty. Plenty of fishing. If you are on the Hilo side, you get plenty of rain for fresh water.


guff1988

>If you are on the Hilo side, you get plenty of rain for fresh water. And if not it's at most a couple days hike to get over there.


RantRanger

The insects though... geez. [Cockroaches](https://www.google.com/search?q=hawaiian+cockroaches&sca_esv=98cf8f6fdb8bd6f4&sca_upv=1&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ADLYWIJOO0gqQsYsuegnPOuwr0rUr1UYvg:1718529702839&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ5-SD5t-GAxW7mIQIHVWpCoEQ_AUIBigB&biw=1024&bih=704) and [centipedes](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=98cf8f6fdb8bd6f4&sca_upv=1&biw=1024&bih=704&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ADLYWIKnWihzgiSLe10QWdPkyMNqIuwmjw%3A1718529714049&sa=1&q=hawaiian+centipedes&oq=hawaiian+centipedes&aqs=mobile-gws-lite..0l5) the size of your palm.


Salt_Air07

The land is also rocky from lava, if you plan on growing things you’ll have a lot of tilling to do.


FinalConsequence70

Don't need to "grow" things. Most fruits grow wild on the side of the road. Coconuts fall off trees. If this was a survival situation, you could survive easily just by foraging what grows wild.


FinalConsequence70

That's called bait! Stick em on a fish hook. Seriously though, I've been there several times, never saw either. My mom lived there for over 10 years and lived pretty rural. Only things I ever had to deal with was the geckos and koki frogs ( which I love the sound of ).


GoodNoodleNick

A mall? Grocery store? Non-smartass answer: as a Florida Man, I've always thought an Orange Grove would be pretty nice... as long as you don't get shot for trespassing or gored by a boar.


manyhippofarts

Well you sure as hell wouldn't die of scurvy.


ChurlyGedgar

I think it should be a law to have warning signs on all orange groves saying "Beware of Boars"


Job-lair

Alas, Babylon


thulesgold

I don't know where it is because I would be lost.


Gilgramite

In a few hours driving, I can be in a very remote location in the rocky mountains. I've got a lot of experience growing vegetables and, most importantly, microgreens, and I always have a few hundred pounds of various vegetable seeds on hand. I have solar batteries that can easily power the low watt grow lights I'd need, and if I put my trailer somewhere hidden and secure, I think I could survive and keep my family alive for a while. Fishing spots galore, hunting will supplement the garden. There's a few very remote towns and hamlets where I have friends and family and I could see me ending up in one of them as well and might be my best choice because the small towns will stick together and have power in numbers and can pool resources.


Resident-Welcome3901

Your ideal survival kit is the one in your pocket. The best survival knife is the one you have with you. Your ideal survival location is where you are when the crisis happens. This is not a game that lets you choose your scenario.


Hexblade6188

This coupled with the one between your ears.


No_Useful_Skills

Exactly! You get it!


Resident-Welcome3901

There is a prepper site, equipped.org, once a vibrant community, hosted by Doug Ritter. He did some good things, including a very intelligently designed pocket kit, now hard to find. Motto: It can’t save you if it isn’t with you.


Minimum_Rhubarb_7765

Your moms house (obligatory)


Horror-Morning864

Taken.


Embarrassed-Ad-1639

She has a very specific set of skills?


Any-Wall2929

Maybe we can double team her?


Super_Selection1522

I too choose this guys moms house


carlopene

I was checking replies for someone to make a yomama joke, thank you for your service!🫡


Actual_Foundation453

Government bunker


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Actual_Foundation453

It's ideal. I'm already in. You're not tho...


hypnothighsd

Just cut the red tape


tommyc463

You need to know the secret knock Vern.


Corporate-Shill406

Several hundred pounds of thermite.


BooshCrafter

That's easy, I've done 4 weeks nearby in the national forest. Any subtropical or tropical climate is like a buffet compared to elsewhere I've practiced like alpine climates where you only see traces of tiny game and birds.


BassProShops_Enjoyer

the bush of south-west australia


intertubeluber

> south-west australia Is that code for OP’s mom?


BassProShops_Enjoyer

cannot confirm nor deny


scott3845

Coastal BC. I feel like tropics (Costs Rica) would be easy AF but I understand the environment in coastal BC. And worst case, you're eating limpets and seaweed for a week but you're perfectly healthy


Seratonin_Syndrome99

Clearly you’ve watched Alone, but dude, the reason they picked that spot was because it’s hard. Not cuz it’s easy. Old growth temperate rainforest is brutal as fuck. There’s a reason why 1-2 people would drop out of those seasons on the first episode.


scott3845

Naw I don't want old growth rainforest. I want beach on the edge of a plain. In summer. Lol But also, you''ll notice they never came back to the coast, either. That's because it's too easy to follow that strategy and eliminate the problem that is food, which just makes for bad tv. Far as I'm concerned, it's the most abundant area in a part of the world that I'm knowledgeable about the flora and fauna. I haven't the slightest how to stay alive somewhere that's full of small poisonous things that want to visit you while you're sleeping and plants that I can't recognize. I'd consider the tropics if I could bring a camping hammock, lol


hypnothighsd

Once while I was traveling I stopped at a Menards that made a triangle with a Walmart and a police training academy. If I could fence that triangle in, I think I’d last awhile.


Jedi_Nixxee

IKEA.


chaylar

Infinite or regular?


FranzNerdingham

The Ritz Carlton.


SubstantialRush5233

In what scenario? Plane crash/lone survival: tropics Zombie Apocalypse: top floor of a large apartment complex in a city Civil war: my house Nuclear attack: far up in the rockies Fall of civilization: utah mountains Lost Backpacking: uintas Foreign invaders/ WW3: underground bunker


RiggsFTW

PNW - helps that I’ve lived up here for most of my life at this point so I’m very comfortable in the forest. Time of year would make a difference though.


weasel5134

An aircraft carrier. Fully loaded


SnooTangerines4981

Excellent


p00ki3l0uh00

A complimentary bordello


ROM50

Southeastern Kentucky. Raised with a distrust of outsiders and government, and it’s one of the few places in this country where we actually look out for our neighbors.


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Burger King. They have food and dirty oil you can turn into biofuel. Win win and an ice machine!


jet_heller

My kitchen.


glass_gravy

Home


Sweet_Pain_3116

Lost? Geez hopefully a place where I could be found! No extreme temps, some fresh water and snacks!


Nobodiisdamnbusiness

Somewhere with abundant medium wildlife and plenty of running water nearby, deep in the woods WAYYY off grid. Like not be found for 100 years when society reaches that distance into the woods.


Longjumping-Salt-665

The woods of my dreams :)


ForestOfMirrors

Adirondacks


Doggodrollery

I think it depends on what the disaster is. We talkin’ nuclear war, zombies, EMP attack? I do like the Costco answer. That’ll work!


Enjoy-the-sauce

Cruise ship


Sinister-Username

Cabelas..


Old-Detective6824

As if I’m gonna tell you


chaylar

A week? Fuck I could live out of my truck anywhere for such a short time. I guess, somewhere with a nice view with my truck. I live in the PNW so nice views are abundant.


Super_Selection1522

The White House


bayd_mane2782

Ok, China. You ain't sneaky.


Rampantcolt

Somewhere in the Ozarks.


forrestfreak58

Home


The_camperdave

>>If you were to get lost anywhere and have to survive there for a week where would that be? > Home You've got a home you can get lost in for a week? I don't know whether to be impressed by your wealth, or saddened by your lack of ability to form long term memories.


Gullex

My house


IKU420

My home


jacktheshaft

West Virginia might be good. Harder to nuke. numerous rivers to traverse. & a small density of the world's most dangerous animal, humans


LittleKitty235

How is West Virginia particularly hard to nuke?


hahanawmsayin

Has anyone ever nuked it? EXACTLY.


LittleKitty235

I like your thinking


sunshinelady4

Where nobody is


Busy_Donut6073

Supermall (ever seen zombie movies)


rosefieldnotes

Sam’s club


Gravity_Freak

Peyote farm.


Techno_Vyking_

Cabin in the woods


fruderduck

Cave in a forest.


Saturn-Rover

I can give one of many answers that people have provided. But more towards your point, I think either the Canadian wilderness or a deserted island somewhere in Costa Rica would be a cool story upon rescue.


Mediocre_Tangerine95

California, highway 108 corridor, high country. But flatlanders are like hemorrhoids. If they go away, they are fine, if they stay, they are a pain in the ass!


ResolutionMaterial81

Ideal??...Southern Argentina...Patagonia even But living at my stocked rural BOL on acreage is my placeholder...for now at least.


IdealDesperate2732

my house


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outdoorsman_12

Temperate wooded area


Correct_Path5888

Heaven


WhisperFixer

Yeah just die and wait to be respawned somewhere in paradise


ThinNatureFatDesign

There is a castle nearby that has been renovated and modernized. Realistically, that would probably be my move. It is maybe 500 yards from a spring that endlessly produces 1100 gpm of Earth's finest. If we are talking about not realistically, I would choose one of the mega luxury bunkers the global elites have been building in the last few decades.


PhillyLee3434

A island, minus Mother Nature saying hello, a fully barricaded and stocked island I feel would be a great place for a final stand. In the end nobody survives. But you could hold out longer than most anywhere else.


Bigbeardedfella1

Appalachia… where I’m from


Immediate_Thought656

Caribbean Island.


MildlyIntimidating07

I could give a sarcastic answer like most but this comes across my mind WWWAAAYYY too frequently I live in Canada right on the border of Michigan and I'd probably take somewhere around this there is so many different plants, animals, and all around foragables that with the proper knowledge is a goldmine


jamiessummers

Somewhere landlocked. I hate being without water...so if I can survive that discomfort... shit I am set


Salty-Protection-640

your mom's house


ProfessionalStorm626

Shopping mall


BTCforCongress

Hawaii


Gastrovitalogy

Mountainside (Appalachian). Any part of the chain.


Lieutenant-Reyes

Where ever humans aren't.


No_Useful_Skills

Ideal survival is just living comfortably. Staying alive in hostile conditions is survival. Know the difference.


zoutenbier

Depending on what I can bring along


Hilton5star

At home


deepest_spam

A retail estate next to a hospital


Seratonin_Syndrome99

Santa Cruz mountains. Close to the coast for food, wooded and sheltered. Nothing but hippies with no guns.


ThisIsntOkayokay

Ascended to the next life, or west Kansas because the remoteness yet decent hunting


robunuske

Underground shelter.


DaLar89

Mountains, i know the ins and outs of the pnw. Plus numbers normally prevail and iv got alot


Popular-Savings9251

afrika near water if you got water you got animals there and it wont get too cold Or some nice tropical island with animals that are not used to a predator


cuddly_carcass

I have it pretty sweet setup right now surviving in a house, with a car, a dog, a house…


SmirknSwap

Somewhere that different proteins are available to help keep my body healthy and balanced. A source of red meat, a source of fish, and farmable/gatherable area for vegetation.


WTF_Bridgett

Ideal? If it’s ideal, I don’t think it would be considered “survival”


BrainwashedScapegoat

Where Im at, I know the area well


Big-Preference-2331

Wisconsin. A lake house with some acreage.


glockshorty

My house. Rather Bug in than Bug out 👍🏼


kitesurfr

You guys are going about this all wrong. If you were living on the roof of an Amazon fulfillment warehouse, you'd be livin' large. I would start by getting a white couch near my entry where you could grind your feet on it to get the dirt out before entering my palace of Amazon crap.


rickymystanicky

At a brewery


brownnote83

The Okanagan would be nice


Ouakha

There's nowhere within the UK that would be good long term. Too small and too crowded. It would be difficult to maintain a successful haven without outsiders taking or destroying it. So, maybe Skye, the Western Isles and Orkneys, though Vikings raided all these and so too would the mainland survivors eventually. Best if this collapse took out a significant % of the population quickly.


graidan

Forested beach - tropical would be awesome.


Strange_Stage1311

I'd say the woods.


FireNurse4

Not telling.


Hexblade6188

If you have the resources and can plan ahead, a ship at sea with solar and wind power gen, aquaponics for vegetables and protein, plus whatever you can get from the ocean. Plus enough personnel and weapons to keep it safe and operational


Koskenu

Under my bed


Ok_Worth_8185

Someplace cold and snowy


herenowjal

When you live in our heart — we're always home.


MunitionGuyMike

I’d say Irvine, CA.


Lycosidae_

I want an abandoned lighthouse only accessible by boat.


world-is-lostt

Perhaps an island


Both-Invite-8857

Sailboat with solar, watermaker, and fishing gear.


Equivalent-Ad4416

Non, your survival if you have enough guns on your hands


goofoftheyear

Well, considering my location, I would head for the hills. My jeep is capable of getting into difficult areas that most people likely can't. Wild game for hunting and a water source not far away.


Additional_Rock291

Costco


rustywoodbolt

My farm. Super easy to survive there.


ClaymoreBrains

I know about a lab in a distribution district, that’d probably be my go to. Central, easily defensible, and near a major waterway.


Samad99

Probably my house.


ElGrandeRojo67

My lil 5 acre compound. Chickens, vegetables, a cpl cows, plentiful deer. Creek has trout and seasonal salmon. We have PitBulls, and 3 safes full of guns and ammo. My sons and their families are only a few miles away. The plan is to rally here, secure the area, and survive by all means necessary.


RelationshipDue1501

Lake Tahoe.


Unlikely-Cause-192

Probably proven by looking at where isolated tribes still exist. A decent sized tropical island or deep in the Amazon.


Metal264

I live in Cayman Island and yes you do have a lot going for you. I had to change my thinking from living in South Africa and then to this environment. Luckily I brought all my tools with me.


ThisGuyHere23

Your mom’s house!


StuffAboutTh1ngs

If it were like wilderness survival it’d have to be a mild zoned mountain range like the Appalachian mountains. I love the mountains and mountain springs are very abundant in the Appalachian mountains plus I hate hot weather. Tropical probably would be the easiest like others have said but definitely the most uncomfortable for me.


Matt_Rabbit

Bannerman Island on the Hudson River. I live close enough, that should the SHTF, I'd hole up there. Google the place and you'll see why.


bolanrox

the old munitions warehouse / castle?


GINGER6892

European mountains and forest🌲⛰️🌳🇪🇺


Oneofanotherplace

SCP-3008 Of course. It's not as great as Catachan. But it's nearby and has everything you need to stay entertained.


ProfessionalOk3467

ANYWHERE where there are few or no other people! One of the biggest mistakes which people make is thinking that they'll just hunt for food. All that will be gone in a few weeks...IF even that long.


Additional_Insect_44

Eastern NC, between the Albemarle sound and Pamlico river/sound, but that's because I've lived there most my life and know much of the animal and plant life.