I’m Dead In A Zombie Apocalypse.

Next week marks 4 months I’ve been living downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on my own for the first time in my life. It’s been very exciting, educational, and a giant learning part of my life that I’ve wanted to do for a decade so I’m psyched to be waking up here every day.

It of course hasn’t been without some interesting moments though. My first week here my apartment my lock broke and my Super had to climb over the neighbours balcony to mine and break the balcony window to get into my apartment and replace the lock – I watched him all through the mail slot in horror! Windows been fixed and my super and I bonded though, he even looks out for me now.

My car that I used to drive every day is pretty useless during the week now and the subway is my home now. That is until someone pulls the emergency alarm which last year happened over 900 times, 900 false alarms too.

But the more time I spend in the city the more I’ve realized that I’m a sitting duck in a Zombie Apocalypse.

This isn’t a crazy thing to think about anymore even Homeland Security released a warning for everyone to prepare and I have been planning for years but since moving here it’s really hit home that it’ll be very difficult for me to get out alive.

Where I used to live I had a full-proof plan. It involved some breaking and entering to get a proper weapons but I’m pretty sure I would survive at least a few weeks/months by retreating to an island that wasn’t far from where I lived and the area wasn’t very densely populated which would make it easier.

Living right downtown is a completely different animal now though and I’ve been thinking and researching reasons that I’m probably doomed even if I follow the Zombieland rules.

1. Height. My apartment is more than 10 floors up. Too many to jump and also too many to make some sort of ladder to climb down out of, I’m going to have to use my door. One way in and one way out makes for possible sticky situation if my neighbours are already zombies.
2. People. My building alone has over 900 people living in it and I’m on a mid-high floor. The stairs are an option for sure, but I wouldn’t be the only one taking the stairs and sure I would meet some possible zombies in the stairwell.
3. Weapon. I have none aside from a swiss army knife. Suppose should go grab my baseball bat out of my storage unit… Also probably a good idea to invest in something sharp beyond a kitchen knife.
4. Outside is more people. Once I’m out of even just my building, the street I live on has about 8 more buildings with equal – more residents living in them so even if I do make it outside there’s going to be some massive insanity going on on my street.MORE HERE