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OP in all seriousness, in terms of fitting preps in to a normal and practical life, nice work. I'm about to build a bedframe (my mattress is latex, serious heavy) and might have to make it accomodate a standard size of tote.
I think it's important to be able to 'bug in' but also to be able to GTFO when needed, especially if you're in an urban center. Work on getting a bag (or bags) together to keep in your car that look very nondescript so you can ditch town on foot if you need to. Look up the 'grey man' concept. I've been helping my brother with this for a while.
I've got mixed thoughts on 'Bug Out Locations'. If you have the resources to buy land or a house far from civilization with acreage that's great, but it doesn't make you any less stationary and it can result in you being isolated from a functioning community...I live rurally, but have neighbors with equipment, supplies, and skill sets that we could work together and trade. Also, if you are concerned about the federal government's role in SHTF or what SHTF might look like, owning property is an easy way to be found, period.
I look for more remote parcels just because I like self sufficiency and my wife and I prefer seclusion and quiet. But I would like to find a remote piece of ground in the mountains to dig a concealed, hillside shelter (using Mike Oehler's concepts since he has been living that way for literal decades trouble free) and then encourage some wild edible plants nearby, and keep a considerable stock of preserved food and other supplies there. For two reasons:
1. It'd be freakin' sweet to have a place like that to sneak off to and camp
2. If things ever went completely to hell, I'd have an unrecorded, roadless place to vanish to and start over and hope for the best.
I do intend to be extremely cautious when we do this since it is illegal and could have environmental impacts. If it's discrete and simple, it should be low impact as well. So it becomes morally acceptable, even if unlawful.
