U.S. States Most And Least Likely To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse

[BlueStateSaint]

Ooooookay . . . I got this from the Urban Survival Site, and the got it from Estately.com . . .

U.S. States Most And Least Likely To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse

Ryan Nickum     Mar 24                                             Lists + Maps     Ultimate Lists

Given the growing frequency with which zombies appear in movies, TV shows, and your worst nightmares, it’s inevitable the zombie apocalypse will soon be upon us. When it comes to surviving this inevitable showdown with the undead, location is everything. Do you live in a state populated with zealous zombie fighters capable of beating back hordes of brain-hungry walking dead? Estately answered this question with its Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness Rankings, which were determined using the 11 metrics below that measure fighting ability, knowledge of zombies, physical fitness, and access to weapons…

Active Military Personnel:  States with more soldiers per capita means states with more people who are physically fit, trained to fight, and have access to weapons (source).
2.Military Veterans: Percentage of veterans per capita is a solid way of measuring fighting experience (source).
3.Physically Active:  States with residents who rarely get out of their Laz-E-Boy will not escape the zombie menace (source).
4.Martial Arts Enthusiasts:  Hand-to-hand combat is an important skill when the ammo runs out (source—percentage of Facebook users who listed “martial arts” as an interest).

The rest of the list, as well as the rankings, are here: 

http://blog.estately.com/2014/03/u-s-states-ranked-from-most-to-least-prepared-for-the-zombie-apocalypse/

Yes, my state deserves its' ranking.

[Chris_]

Doomed.

The Tennessee Zombie Response Unit has its work cut out for it because the rest of state is ill prepared to battle the undead. Tennesseans should abandon their company softball teams and form paintball teams instead.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I think the real criteria would be 'Least populated and most guns' would be the most successful, some of those criteria look silly to me, like 'Hand to hand combat training' which is just a terrible idea with zombies since you'd get infected if you busted some knuckle skin on them or hit them in the face (If that would even stop them anyway).

So, to my mind, a lot like food riots or social collapse, really...and after all, 'Zombie apocalypse' is so often used as a euphemism for that kind of thing.

[BlueStateSaint]

I think the real criteria would be 'Least populated and most guns' would be the most successful, some of those criteria look silly to me, like 'Hand to hand combat training' which is just a terrible idea with zombies since you'd get infected if you busted some knuckle skin on them or hit them in the face (If that would even stop them anyway).

So, to my mind, a lot like food riots or social collapse, really...and after all, 'Zombie apocalypse' is so often used as a euphemism for that kind of thing.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.  But, it said 'zombies,' so I put it here instead of the Living Off-Grid forum.

[nomad54]

I'm toast, 48th. 

Bet if we cut NYC out of our state though, we'd do better.