Big Fitz
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Inter-connectivity my friend, inter-connectivity. Even those in cities often have connections and family to those who are outside of it, and will be able to survive if they are smart enough to leave the potential death trap a city could become. That said, de-urbanization will occur, and it will be much harder on those who do not have land to go to. Those who have lived for generations in urban settings like New York or other major metropolitan environs would be hardest hit.You watch though. Depending when the bovine excrement hits the rotary atmospheric oscillator, in 12-24 months, people will become much more self sufficient. They will have no choice, and it will be one of the best things that ever happened to the nation in 50 years.The thing about the people that went through the great depression could genrally provide for themself, at least those who did not live in a city enviorment. No phone no electricity, most lived in rual areas and new how to grow their own food. We have lost most of those people now, and have been modernized beyound repair.
But those 12-24 months will be raw hell with a flaming hades on top and gehenna as a side dish.
Those living in the city won't have a chance their biggest need will be land to grow crops, and potible water to drink, and to insure that you have a fresh supply of potible water you will need a well.
I don't think it'll become the wasteland that you may envision. Some places, maybe. Most will bounce back quickly as the space opens up as people flee. Like Detroit is busy bulldozing vacant blocks for greenspace, those areas can be returned to agricultural duty rather quickly from community gardens to hobby farms. Things like this are possible.
But as I said, it's going to be very hard indeed. Potable water will be difficult for any place without a pump run by something other than electricity. But here we're talking a level of collapse I am not prepared to entertain as possible yet. Mad Max? No. Book of Eli? Nope. Soylent Green? Maybe. Grapes of Wrath? Most likely at worst.