The Fat Acceptance/Fatgirl Cow threads are really going to thin out (hurr hurr) if Corona-chan's US tour is a smashing success. Most of those fatties already have sleep apnea and are generally unhealthy; a few have taken to falling apart at a truly alarming pace as of late. Pneumonia's a big killer of the morbidly obese as it is.
I had a conversation with somebody earlier today on just this topic. A fellow cityfag, who hasn't even gone camping since he was a Cub Scout, with no relatives who aren't also cityfags, was thinking that maybe he could just leave the city if things got really bad.
I asked him where he would go, where he would find shelter, and what he would do to take care of himself for weeks on end. After all, all of that "empty" land far out beyond the suburbs or in/over the mountains is owned by somebody--maybe a private citizen, maybe a government body--and they aren't going to want you there.
Everything you said? That's what I told him. He got kind of panicky-looking as he realized there was no magical safe place in the country to run away to, but I gave him some of my standard advice on prepping to shelter in place, which is what he'd have to do after a major earthquake, and that seemed to help. I hope it did, anyway.
Where would you go? Do you have family elsewhere?
If you go somewhere else, and have no pre-existing ties to that community, why should the locals take you in?
What will you do when (not if; when) they refuse to take you in? How would you survive?
If you live in a city, you already understand its culture. You know what resources are available. You know how to navigate it. You can lock your door and enjoy a basic level of physical safety and comfort. If you get sick, the hospitals may be overcrowded, but you'll still get a better level of care than a rural hospital that's stretched thin and overburdened even at the best of times.
Buy some extra food and supplies and stay in the fucking city; there really is nowhere else to go.
filipinotimes.net
