Re: Rich Five

[Bill Garmer <bgarmer@tsc.net>]

At 09:43 PM 4/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
>cfmoore@erols.com wrote:
>> 
>> I have to agree with Scott on this.  If I were a rural farmer(as some of
my extended
>> family is)I would not give a rats butt for city folk.  I'd be looking
after my family
>> and my neiborhors/friends and other in the local area as things went
from bad to
>> worse.  In addition, I think I'd be very werry of city people coming to
loot my town
>> of food and other supplies that had ran out in the city areas(having
been looted!).
>> 
>> Charles
>> 
>	This could lead to the "locust effect"  hordes from the cities trying
>to find food for their families to survive, damage the local farms
>(deplete seed grain, infighting, etc.) so that the Farmers can't survive
>the winter.  Such scenarios often end with a local regression to hunter
>gathering.  The best chances for farming comunities IMHO would be out of
>walking distance of any urban centers and not close to an interstate. 
>Anyone care to name some likely candidates?

Most of central Texas (look up the town of Winters, TX).

Bill

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