It Begins

Welcome to The Shambler.

Let's start this off with some background.
New York City. Arguably one of the greatest cities in the world (not that I'm biased or anything). But is it the safest? More to the point, is it the most zombie-defense-viable...est?
When the undead rot comes to the big apple, how will its citizens fare?

Let's work this out together.

The point of this blog is to evaluate New York City neighborhoods for their safety and defensibility. How does BedStuy stack up to Midtown Manhattan? Park Slope to Harlem? SoHo to Fort Greene? Mott Haven to Flushing?
In doing so we'll be looking at what makes a good zombie haven, as well as what we'd want in our survival kits when the zompocalypse hits. We'll also discuss movement and escape through and out of the city, for those who want to stay mobile rather than digging in.
Throughout this, I'll be covering all sorts of relevant topics. While resilience psychology might not be as exciting as which shotgun you'll want for the zombie horde, knowing if your fellow survivor is about to freak out and ruin your survival plan and how to keep all your human resources sane is pretty important.

So.

Just so we're all on the same page, let's get some basic guidelines down.
Guideline the First: Unless specifically stated otherwise, the zombies we'll be discussing here are the slow shambling type (as referenced by the title of this work), dead, and transmit their undeaditude via bites or otherwise transferring bodily fluids (mainlining zombie fluids = infection). Finally, and perhaps most important, the only way to take out a zombie? Boom, Headshot. Destroy the brain.

Okay, now that that's settled, let's get started.

- Shamble On -