Zombie Apocalypse: These California Cities Are In Trouble

Society's obsession with a zombie apocalypse dates all the way back to the 1950s. In Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend, a lone survivor fights against a human population turned into vampires.

In 1968, George A. Romero took the lone survivor and apocalyptic concept and added zombies to create the classic Night of the Living Dead.

Since then, zombies (which have Haitian and New Orleans voodoo origins) have been a signifier of the end of the world in American pop culture. So much so that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the 2011 article titled "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse."

When the COVID-19 pandemic first reared its head, many people were thinking about the end of the world. But the way the U.S. has handled the ongoing pandemic makes you wonder if zombies are the only way to get people to take a deadly virus seriously.

The website Lawn Love was recently inspired to publish 2021's Best Cities for Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse.

Their staff compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on indicators like public health, infrastructure, supplies, mobility, and more.

According to their findings, several California cities would struggle during a zombie apocalypse.

Fresno (No. 181), Riverside (No. 149), Sacramento (No. 64), and San Diego (No. 60) all ranked poorly.

On the other hand, Huntington Beach was ranked as the No. 1 city for surviving a zombie apocalypse.

So unless you plan on moving to Huntington Beach, you might want to check out the CDC's zombie apocalypse preparedness guide.