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[Guardian G.I.]

Belarus

Pros:

• Belarusians aren't the type of people to go into "STEAL & KILL" mode in case of a major disaster (we won't immediately collapse into anarchy)
• An authoritarian and relatively non-corrupt government (at least there will be some kind of order, I think)
• Relatively calm climate.
• Enough farming space to achieve self-sufficiency.
• Good infrastructure.

Cons:

• Lack of energy resources, such as oil, natural gas and coal (without Russia, things will get very difficult)
• Lack of energy resources for the production of electricity (besides peat). If the apocalypse happens after 2025, things will be
• much easier (the Astravets nuclear power plant is scheduled to be fully operational by that point)
• Lack of any other natural resources.
• Our manufacturing industry severely depends on imported parts from the former USSR.

After the apocalypse, the Belarusian liberal opposition will surely blame President Lukashenko for the disaster: "The disappearance of all other countries is another horrible crime of the totalitarian regime, hurr durr!".

[Darvi]

You forget the part where you can just waltz into *insert country here* and take all their shit. Of course there'd be the problem of who would do the actual work, but I guess everybody has their unemployed that could do that. Provided it doesn't take some crazy qualifications or something.

[Gamerlord]

*cracks fingers*

Okey-dokey lets get to work.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Pros

Infrastructure
-Lots of warehouses in multiple areas. Everything from scrap metal and junked cars to trucks and other useful goodies. These should last until expansion brings us extra minerals.
-If anarchy ensues after event, then many easily defendible locations to hole up in until it dies down (e.g. AAMI stadium or several of the larger buildings in the city).

Environment
-Incredibly easy to get around. Most roads are quite wide and almost all tunnels are built to accomodate trucks.
-Low level of pollution.
-Close to ocean so water source.
-Great soil for vegetation.
-Lots of space for expansion.
-Many animals in surrounding area. If very few people survive the anarchy, then hunting might be enough to feed the population.
-Decent natural ports.
-Surrounding region (outside the Adelaide Hills, which incidentally, make a great natural defense) is mostly farmland, and infrastructure exists to easily produce enough food for the population.
-Adelaide Hills may be suitable for wind turbines.

Population
-Large number of people posess handyman skills. Quite a lot of tradies down here.
-A lot of farmers and older people wo retired from being farmers to teach the younger generation.

Cons
-Large elderly population compared to other cities.
-No easily accessable infrastructure for power generation.

[GoombaGeek]

Yeah, I'm just lucky to live in a cold area where almost all gas and power is generated in-province. It regularly gets to "your nose hairs freeze together" temperature (-25 Celsius, although -35 happens at least one per winter) so nobody would care too much if it was winter when this happened.

[Tellemurius]

Also forgot the wildlife is trying to kill you too.

[Guardian G.I.]

Also forgot the wildlife is trying to kill you too.

oh yeah. for everything the world has, Australia 1-ups it with a venomous version that may as well be doing steroids.

Poisonous bears? Poisonous hamsters? Poisonous great white sharks?

[Loud Whispers]

Also forgot the wildlife is trying to kill you too.

oh yeah. for everything the world has, Australia 1-ups it with a venomous version that may as well be doing steroids.

Not in the tropics it doesn't. Then again, I kinda suspect Australia and Indo-China trade each other poisonous creatures like pokemon cards, and the nastiest ones are all called Charizard...

[GoombaGeek]

Also forgot the wildlife is trying to kill you too.

oh yeah. for everything the world has, Australia 1-ups it with a venomous version that may as well be doing steroids.

Poisonous bears? Poisonous hamsters? Poisonous great white sharks?

Poisonous just means "it's poisonous if you eat it". The word for a creature that can actually use its poison without being eaten is, as greatorder clearly knows because he lives in Australia, "venomous".

[Darvi]

Also forgot the wildlife is trying to kill you too.

oh yeah. for everything the world has, Australia 1-ups it with a venomous version that may as well be doing steroids.

Poisonous bears? Poisonous hamsters? Poisonous great white sharks?

Poisonous just means "it's poisonous if you eat it". The word for a creature that can actually use its poison without being eaten is, as greatorder clearly knows because he lives in Australia, "venomous".

Relevant.

[LARD]

Lower Mainland BC:

Pros: 
- Lots of decent farmland
- Fishing
- Fresh water
- Weed
- Lots of natural resources to exploit to the north and east.
- Temperate climate.

Cons:
- Coffee shortage would ruin our hipster culture.
- A lot of our tourism/computing/office work type jobs wouldn't be needed, giving us a shortage of labour and skills.


Hmm.  There is probably a lot more cons that I can think of right now, but I think all and all we'd be in a pretty good state.  Food and temperate climate counts for a lot.  Our biggest problem would be getting people to switch from white-collar jobs to blue-collar jobs before we starve to death.

I live around here too and would like to add that we have a few reputable universities, which, even if the school structure collapsed, would mean that we actually have people who understand how all of our technology works and so we could rebuild. There's also a nice hydroelectric dam 30 km away from Vancouver.

[NRN_R_Sumo1]

Rural south eastern ontario.

My main worry in the apocalypse would be other people, so if the situation is that everyone else is just gone I'll be more than cozy.
The soil around here is plenty fertile enough and I live in a redneck neighbourhood as current, meaning I have access to any sort of tool you can imagine for maintaining systems that I need, up-to and including paving roads and flushing sewer lines. 

[Hubris Incalculable]

I live around here too and would like to add that we have a few reputable universities, which, even if the school structure collapsed, would mean that we actually have people who understand how all of our technology works and so we could rebuild. There's also a nice hydroelectric dam 30 km away from Vancouver.

You to, eh? When the End hits, all of us Lower Mainland B12ers should bunker up together.

[Xantalos]

I live around here too and would like to add that we have a few reputable universities, which, even if the school structure collapsed, would mean that we actually have people who understand how all of our technology works and so we could rebuild. There's also a nice hydroelectric dam 30 km away from Vancouver.

You to, eh? When the End hits, all of us Lower Mainland B12ers should bunker up together.

I'm in.

[Wrex]

I live around here too and would like to add that we have a few reputable universities, which, even if the school structure collapsed, would mean that we actually have people who understand how all of our technology works and so we could rebuild. There's also a nice hydroelectric dam 30 km away from Vancouver.

You to, eh? When the End hits, all of us Lower Mainland B12ers should bunker up together.

I'm in.

'

Wouldn't you be causing it?

[Xantalos]

I live around here too and would like to add that we have a few reputable universities, which, even if the school structure collapsed, would mean that we actually have people who understand how all of our technology works and so we could rebuild. There's also a nice hydroelectric dam 30 km away from Vancouver.

You to, eh? When the End hits, all of us Lower Mainland B12ers should bunker up together.

I'm in.

'

Wouldn't you be causing it?

...Pay no attention to him, everybody, he's delusional again. *hefts blunderbuss loaded with silver bullets* Right?