So far I am on my best playthrough of the game. Did a sheltered start and ended up in the middle of nowhere. Rest stop at the end of a road to the west, farm to the east bordering a swamp, beehive overlapping another farm to the north, massive tons of ants far to the south, and an apartment complex to the SE with a national guard camp a bit to it's south.
Outside the completely locked apartment complex was a working Solar Car, so I have been driving that in the open grassland to and from my base. I ended up getting a pickaxe and dug into the metal shudders of the apartment complex. Completely expected a zombie horde inside and what I got was... Nothing.
Ground Level Clear...
Basement Clear...
First Floor Clear...
All the way to the roof Clear...
So with that in mind, I think I am going to start moving my stockpiles to the apartment complex. Establish some fencing and other defenses around the broken metal shudder I cracked and make it my primary base of operation. I started in the winter so I'll like use the basement as my personal area once I get a wood stove setup for heat, and then look into getting started with farming or see if I can scavenge solar panels off one of the wrecks in the parking lot to add to my electric car or find another use for them.
Also want to get around to making a simple now or makeshift crossbow and start working on my archery. I have a couple pistols, but mainly rifle ammo, so that's not very useful.