Hitting a Dead End in the West: Usually, in a zombie apocalypse, you’d want to follow the sun because the night eats the world. But most of the cities at the bottom of our ranking hail from the West, especially California. Among them are San Bernardino (No. 192), Palmdale (No. 194), and Salinas, California (No. 197). Enterprise, Nevada, clocked in at No. 193.
What’s eating these cities alive? Their own infrastructure — all of the bottom 10 rank in the lowest third of cities in this category.
Only Enterprise, Nevada, managed to rank in the top 10 of any category. It finished eighth in Vulnerability due to natural-hazard preparedness (No. 2) and one of the highest numbers of hospitals per capita (No. 5). The Las Vegas suburb is well positioned to contain a virus outbreak, but it won’t be able to defend itself when patients start to turn.
And remember: If you ever encounter an actual zombie, aim for the head!
