Surviving in an urban setting has pros and cons – and each tend to be very different than surviving in a rural setting.

By understanding the challenges of each, the urban survivalist can map out a strategy that lets them make it through most survival scenarios or at least prepare for leaving if the situation is long-term enough.

Surviving in an urban setting is as much of a challenge as in a rural setting, but the skill sets, besides the mentality, are vastly different.

Neither is wrong or “easy,” and each poses unique challenges – in a city, a bear attack is not much of a threat, but losing access to water is a real possibility, for instance.

Regardless of which you are, understanding the challenges facing you is one major step to ensuring you make it through unscathed.