I am not sure who is supposed to be the outsider , but if it is me can say I was born in Mississippi and lived in Mississippi around 45 years . Very deep Mississippi ,south of Jackson . nearly all my relatives still live in Mississippi . I had the foresight to grab up my wife and young kids and leave when I saw the situation was only going to get worse . -- I am a very serious prepper and realized it wasn't a Nuclear war or something that my location was vulnerable to . No it was the people surrounding me that I would have to deal with when SHTF , that I saw was the Achillies heal . I quit my job , abandoned my paid for Mississippi home that I had built with my two hands and left to literally start carving out a new home with an axe as I had no heavy equipment nor chainsaw . Later I did rent a bobcat " for one day " and paid for some help with the carpentry .