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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday July 24 2016, @08:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the been-fun-knowing-you dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

There are so many factors to consider when choosing where to buy a home—average home price, proximity to work, and obviously the odds of surviving a zombie apocalypse. That's why Estately Real Estate Search mapped out which states are the safest to live in if an army of the undead were to suddenly rise from their graves in search of brains to eat. To do this, we ranked each U.S. state from 1-50 using the following five criteria, and then averaged the results to create our final ranking.

  • Fewest people per square mile
  • Gun owners per capita
  • Percentage who are cremated instead of buried
  • Percentage of population that is physically active
  • Interest in the zombie media genre

Source: http://blog.estately.com/2016/07/does-your-state-have-what-it-takes-to-survive-a-zombie-apocalypse/


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Hartree on Sunday July 24 2016, @08:52PM

    by Hartree (195) on Sunday July 24 2016, @08:52PM (#379499)

    I'm 20 miles from the Indiana border and I doubt I'm that much less safer here than if I drive 21 miles.

    Illinois gets all of Chicago lumped in with it to raise population even though much of it's rural.

    Besides, I've got a backhoe and the guy down the street has a fuel truck. Give us a short time at the local cemetery and we can take care of that little cremation problem. ;)

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Monday July 25 2016, @06:00AM

    by driverless (4770) on Monday July 25 2016, @06:00AM (#379673)

    The assessment method is also a bit dubious. "Gun owners per capita"? So you end up with redneck zombies [youtube.com] with guns? In any case my entire country is safe, we have this guy [youtube.com]. "I kick ass for the LORD!".

  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Monday July 25 2016, @01:21PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Monday July 25 2016, @01:21PM (#379788) Journal
    Yes, this should be done a per county basis. I would rather see a number of bodies in the ground factor instead of % cremated one too.