My little community (100 houses) used to have a community corral (from the '40s through the '70s). Everyone had a goat or pig or cow. They literally provided the milk for all the community children through the late '70s until the stupid county made them shut it down. I figure we'll go back to that. About a third of the people in the village have chickens already.

We have a large park that is spring fed and planted with lots of fruit trees, plus everyone has fruit trees in their yards. There is endless free fruit here. You go into the post office and every day there's a bowl of free pears or cherries or figs or apples or apricots or whatever is in season. Lots of nut trees too, mostly almonds and pecans. A few walnuts.

We've got a lot of veterans and good old boys with names like Arlen and Vern, so I think we'll be safe. We've got our own water supply and the boys know how to maintain it. We've got a fix-it guy in town but he's in his 70s now so he won't actually do the work himself. He comes over and supervises you and teaches you how to fix whatever it is and you pay him whatever you think is fair.