do is get OUT of that area. If shtf in the US, the REST of the world is going to have it,TOO, and sooner, and in most cases, WORSE than the US has it. Nearly every country in the world is UTTERLY dependent upon trade with the US, or with other countries that are so dependent. SOME areas may still have horse drawn farming gear, peasants who know how to get by without the modern dependence upon electricity or petroleum products, but they are rare, hard to reach, and have horrible problems of their own, like insects, heat, cold, drought, etc.