Cabins in tbe Catskills, apparently. This post on Time Magzine's Battleland Blog (a really good source of interesting and informative reports on the US military) highlights an effort to sell folks in NYC on bugging out to the Catskills during a crisis.

I'm making no judgements about the marketing plan but I think we'd all be better off in spending time and energy in fixing the root causes of our problmes than looking for root cellars.

Fear does sell. So does s*x and status (or loss therefore of). The more scared we are, the more we're willing to spend or listen to otherwise outrageous claims.

Sure does. Plus, if a major event like that happened they'd never make it out of the city anyway. Most people I know don't even like camping. This common idea of "bugging out" to some remote cabin to live like a mountain man is silly. Never gonna happen.

Well said. In fact, a move to the catskills will appeal to all three motivators. Since the closing of the big catskill resorts like Brown's and Grossingers, the catskill's have become much less exclusive in tone: even I feel upscale and attractive when visiting there.