Modern Survival Blog: Urban Survival Tips

The vast majority of articles on survival tips you see seem to be geared toward wilderness survival, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Wilderness survival skills are hugely important, and will help you in any setting. However, having said that, there are some skills that are only applicable in an urban setting, and these seldom get a mention articles dealing with wilderness survival (you’ll see why in just a moment). The fact is though, that right now, in the United States, nearly 80% of our population lives in urban centers. That means if and when disaster should strike, four fifths of the US population could benefit from survival tips with an urban flair.


That said, here are the top three things you can do to make your life easier in an urban setting:
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Urban Survival Tips

Urban Survival Skills

Everybody should know basic survival skills. Building a fire. Keeping warm and dry when outdoors. Finding and/or catching food. Those are the basic, bedrock survival skills that everybody needs, regardless of setting.

I’m going to assume you already know those things, and talk about what happens next. Let’s say you find yourself faced with a disaster. Maybe even a disaster of Biblical proportions. If and when that happens, in the first few days, you’ll rely heavily on the skills above, but after that? Well, after that you’re going to stop living moment to moment and start planning for a more settled future. What follows then, will be the skills you’ll need to focus on to get you to the next level, and make no mistake, your long term survival will absolutely depend on your ability to move away from the basics. One final note:

Given that most of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, we’re going to approach the subject of the survival skills you’ll need to thrive in the long run from the perspective of you in a post-emergency urban area.

Here’s your top three: 

Urban Survival Skills