| abstract | - The main problems of using a subway as a base are fairly obvious. Without any independent electricity supply, the tunnels will be dark, leading to getting lost and/or shrouding the movements of the undead within. Subways lack amenities such as food and water production and accomodation. Another problem would be flooding. In major cities, deeper sections of the subway network may be rendered impassible due to severe flooding or possible collapse of flooded sections. This could pose problems in both navigation and any attempted residency of stations, abandoned trains and tunnels on deeper levels. Overall subway stations may be devoid of the dead due to government efforts to stem the rate of infection leading to their closure, their seeming lack of worth to most people in a post-apocalyptic world and because of fear and panic within the civilian populace leading to abandonment of mass-transit or a reduced number of commuters. But looking at them with a wider angle they do seem to have more push than pull factors. While they may not be the most reasonable of safe-houses they can be seen as useful for quick and reasonably safe movement under metropolitan areas.
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