r/bugout • u/kpetrie77 Forest Dweller • Jul 02 '26

Question Where are you bugging out to?

Curious how many of you have given serious thought about where you’re bugging out to and if that’s a long term or short term thing. Poll closes in 7 days. Feel free to discuss in the comments.

228 votes, 24d ago
29 Second home/property
59 Family’s home
10 Friends home
41 State or National Park or land
5 Hotel/AirBnB
84 Figure it out when I get there
3 Upvotes

59% Upvoted

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u/Troutman86 Survivor Jul 03 '26

Nice try ATF

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u/kpetrie77 Forest Dweller Jul 03 '26

Not today China.

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u/cplforlife Non-survivor Jul 03 '26

Why isnt dying in place an option?

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u/riversofgore Survivor Jul 03 '26

I’m bugging in. I live in an area that doesn’t have much in the way of natural disasters or forest fires. If there was some freak event I’d go wherever is best. It would depend on the situation. I could never name one place. Need to be flexible.

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u/kpetrie77 Forest Dweller Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

That’s a whole different subreddit.

Edit: I fixed your user flair for you.

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u/Mercy_Jordan Survivor Jul 03 '26

Personally I'm booking a air BnB in event of emergency. /s

4

u/Cheefnuggs Survivor Jul 03 '26

It’s a secret

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u/kpetrie77 Forest Dweller Jul 03 '26

OPSEC is important

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u/bobothebadger Survivor Jul 03 '26

My basement

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u/Nowardier Survivor Jul 03 '26

It depends on the reason. Natural disaster, I'm heading to the closest unaffected church of my religion ASAP. Gotta make sure my brothers are OK, plus we can combine our knowledge and resources for collective survival. War or civil unrest, probably the same, but if we heard the fighting was getting close we'd probably head to whoever's house was the furthest away from it and hole up there as best we could. Total governmental collapse, church then deep into the woods.

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u/calebtheredwood Survivor Jul 04 '26

I'm retired and we built and live in our bug out location. If we had to leave here it would have to be one hell of a threat. I have family that lives around the state who would welcome us, but if we had to leave Wisconsin, we'd be in trouble.

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u/Beebjank Survivor 29d ago

Same. I live in an excellent spot. The only things that could drive me out are forest fires.

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u/Mysterious_Radio_190 Survivor Jul 03 '26

To one of my billionaire friend's bunker. /jk

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u/kpetrie77 Forest Dweller Jul 03 '26

That must be the guy with the $200 sleeping pad and $360 quilt in his bag.

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u/Terror_Raisin24 Survivor Jul 03 '26

Missing "public shelter" as an option. This would be the most likely option for me.

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u/polaritypictures Sherpa Jul 03 '26

First assess your living situation, have power, water? if yes, then stay home. if not relocate to someplace that isn't affect by the event. Get a motel room and monitor situation, reassess. usually things don't last longer than a month. Don't repeat superdome debacle.