What if WA was set in a place with pre-established groups fueled by ideologies?

[Osiris]

You and I are in agreement in this. As soon as you can get out get out of the city.

Rotting bodies (and there are going to be dead things alot of dead things) = all sorts of funky diseases. Yes finding supplies would be easier but then again those supplies have a shelf life. My idea use the city as a supermarket, get gear together, a host of starter seeds for a nice garden and head to the country. Clean air, a nice bit of ground and go rural. Also wouldn't you say that a rural location would have fewer of the infected to deal with?

Rural is one thing. I'm talking about someplace must more inhospitable and hostile than 'the country'. You wouldn't consider the Sahara as being 'rural'. There's a big difference between surviving outside of an American city on what is essentially farm land (unless you live in Arizona maybe) and surviving in a place where resources are far more scarce than you would like them to be. You wouldn't flee the comfort and safety of The Tower for unprotected, harsh nights on the Siberian tundra. Not unless you were insane. That's what I'm talking about, W.A. in a region where the elements play a much larger factor.

it also depends on seasons, russia can be quite hospitible in the warmer months. of course if you were in the middle of the wastes you would likely be saying, "what zombie apocalypse?" in the middle of the frozen wastes of russia, there wouldn't be enough people for the ZA to take hold and have an impact, conversely if you were in the jungles of south america, there is an abundunce of natural resources and enough people in towns that the ZA would drive you to the wild. from there survival is just a matter of know how, but if you live in the jungle you already proly have that know how.

If we're going that route, then why would we be talking about a zombie apocoalypse anyway? It would never happen, so staying in L.A. would be fine I guess. You'd thrive just as well in the jungle as you would the city. No need to carry the thread on. It's been solved.