We have a small farm in New Zealand, the Country that is considered a safe bug out location.. which it is.. tho any city is a problem. We have 100 acres.. about one third in forest. A small area of valley, and some steep hills. Looks a bit like northern West Virginia.. which I have seen…but we are not far from sea. The two local towns are old river port towns from the early days. Still have the old wharves.. tho not used now.
We are a long way from any major city, which is good, but close enough for schools and a good small hospital. I am very glad we did not bugout to a really remote area ( we did look at some places) as the SHTF did not happen as expected and we have lived sort of normal lives. Raised two children, worked at jobs off the farm, built a nice house and generally look “normal”. :-).
My parents lived on the farm in the early years and were a big help getting established. They are dead now. And quite unexpectedly my adult daughter and her man just returned to the farm.. to escape the city rat race.. and built a nice house and had a child ..and have a big garden.. which was the plan. So we get to help raise our granddaughter and have the younger blood on the farm to help. Very nice.
So here I am sitting in my Ark.. and it is DRY. Sigh… I do have to say we are very much enjoying our “Golden Years”.. and if it does start to rain.. we are ready.