"My reasoning is if things get so bad that you would need more some where else, then why bother to leave?"

I agree with this. For most likely scenarios, bugging out would be temporary, due to chlorine/ammonia tank rupture, fire, etc. Bugging out is an interesting scenario to contemplate, but not very realistic. You may be able to take food, water, weapons and gas, but what will you be doing for shelter? Living in a loaded 4WD would get old really fast. Build shelter? With what, just your kaybar? You're just one more refugee with dwindling supplies in a situation like that.

During widespread disorder, gathering friends and neighbors to create a sort of fort (even of several homes in a group) would seem to be the best way. You could share the work, the protection, the growing and guarding of fruits and vegetables and small livestock. Most soils need improvement for growing decent crops, so it's best that you get started on that before the need -- afterward is too late.

I've been talking to a friend in SoCal, and she and her husband have been quietly getting some of their neighbors to store supplies and make plans to do just that for the last two years. SoCal wouldn't be my first choice of the place to do it, but you do what you can with what you've got. But planning ahead puts you far, far ahead of the rest of the pack.

Sue