Urban folks have an advantage in available manpower and knowledge (from so many people).
I am sure it will be easier to gather of a group of people in the city to go raid the local walmart.
I am just freaking amazed that people do not get that dangers of a city post shtf. (I am not talking about a big snow storm or a local flood)
1. in the event of a national emergency... who is going to respond.... fema can not handle 1 area flooded, can you imagine them trying to help out during a EMP, a pandemic, or other national event
2. too many people in too little of a space competing for ever shrinking resources
3. History wise.. come SHTF think Aleppo, or Leningrad or Berlin... when supplies get cut off.... and lets remember supplies flow into the cities not out from... cut off the food and water and you have days
4. The water supply close to me will not have 1.5 million people pissing in it
4a - dead bodies historically are horrible disease centers. Hospitals will be overwhelmed and killers
4b - pandemics travel fast through tight packed population centers. stay away from hospitals
5. waste disposal from a high rise will be problematic...
6. heating will be fun and entertaining and also will alert the local folks to your continued presence
7. getting enough water up 5, 10, 15 floors will be neat trick
8 Knowledge... As Hank said.. I had a good friend in new york city his family taught him to be a business man... mine taught me to live off the land.
9. Hank agrees with me
10. I think that from the basics Water, Food, Shelter, Security, Medical.... the first 4 are clearly better in the country...
I do not care where you live...just please do not pee down my back and tell me it is raining.
and that is all i have to say about that