SomeAmateur

Same!

Grandma’s couch and cell structures, the only places UCP works

That’s the thing, they didn’t think society was going to fail, even though they’d been through the depression, a world war, the oil crisis, blizzards etc and it never came to that. They weren’t the only ones either, they were essentially in a suburb and they knew their neighbors well

Prepping gets a bad rap from the crazy people building bunkers and zombie traps that people saw on reality tv.

I look at what my grandparents had. They had a nice garden and canned quite a bit of what they grew. They had tools and enough stuff on hand to do basic maintenance and repairs on roofs, plumbing and cars. They sewed quilts and baked their own bread regularly. They had enough cash saved to make sudden purchases for anything else. They had a shotgun for emergencies.

That doesn’t sound crazy or paranoid, but resilient. I know most people can’t do all of that but it would be nice to get closer to the mindset that governments and companies are nice but may not always be able or willing to help you.