Living in Portland (OR) for 18 years, and never understood the "Keep Portland Weird" bumper stickers. What's weird about it?
The Mercury, one of the local "alternative" news rags, actually had an interesting article on Urban Wilderness Survival. And with the Mercury involved, it did seem a little off kilter.
But, never mind, it was still very interesting. I had never heard of this guy before, but he practices urban wilderness skills frequently while going about town. Dumpster diving, eating roadkill, etc etc. Here's the article:
Apocalypse Soon And the guy's
tracking school There's also a video pod, though I haven't watched it yet.
video pod There are a few good points in the article overall. Some of does seem a bit hippie-ish, though the Urban Scout guy hates hippies. The greatest part about it, I think, is that he is reaching an audience that would probably not typically think at all about preparedness. And his school seems to reach younger people pretty well too.
One quote:
"People have the false perception that cities are where the resources are. Not true. Resources are imported into cities, and cities only have three to seven days' worth of food. People [will] flock to cities only to find a starving and diseased populace. In order to successfully survive collapse, you must seek shelter in the furthest reaches of wilderness."
J