We are uniquely positioned to anticipate catastrophes that are 500 years away. With generational strategy plebs can set up wealthy lineage new cultures and mythology. The complex systems of earth only seem stable on human time scales. By 2300-2500 the game changes as many systems have convened to reshape the planet. A group who positions themselves in a geographically strategic position now assures the wealth of their ancestors and the continuity of their culture.This is the land you want.>400-900m elevation Optimal crop growth without higher altitude season constraints. Make sure you are inside the orographic rainfall zone. Approaching the year 3000 areas above 1000m with supportive soil become the most productive agricultural zones. >Two primary sources of fresh waterIdeally orographic and maritime breeze supported by natural catchments. Permanent headwater and springs work. Avoid terminal basins. Stormcells and ice melt are ignored. Cold fronts become unreliable in some places. Catchment can be engineered with growth.>soilYou need basalt/alluvial to start. Soil engineering in later centuries. Do your own landslide assessment. Be cautious of valley floors. >securityPeople will constantly try and take your shit. Minimise the number of approaches with geographic bottlenecks, cliffs etc. You must have complete control of freshwater. Springs outside your settlement are systematically hunted documented and capped. Headwaters or large springs start new villages. By doing this nobody can easily compete with you.
The primary factor is how hard you are to find in the first 200 years. Having a modern road to your settlement today doesn't matter if it has multiple geographic choke points. The control of freshwater is historically one of the most important parts of territorial control. You snuff out competing settlements and marauders beneath you and hide. The geography stops organised militias but go too far and it will inhibit trade which is a key point of failure in fortified settlement history. On this timeline pathogens must be tightly managed by your community with trade related bio security protocols. This won't work near the equator or sub tropics without going to much higher altitudes.
That's why the elites want New Zealand
>>536682388>>536682388That show is anti-Aryan kike propaganda.
I wont have any descendants and my people will be fully genocided by then so its not my problem. Let the jeets deal in the real world.
>>536682496There are better and cheaper places. They are taking a gamble on seismic and volcanic risk and population pressure.
>>536682388cape breton? bit too north maybe
>>536682388i fed your shit into a clanker, here's some slopanyone can do this and get similar slop so this is actually offensive to my own ideals and preferences, however clankers are sometimes kinda okay at processing "criteria + criteria + criteria = data plz" shit. for funsies, we will see how much it hallucinated.Using your criteria literally—mid-elevation (roughly 400–900 m), reliable water from headwaters/springs, productive soils (preferably basaltic or alluvial), strong terrain defensibility, temperate climate, and relative obscurity—I would look at places like these:Upper Coweeta / Nantahala headwaters, western North CarolinaElevation: 500–900 mExtremely high rainfall due to Appalachian orographic effects.Numerous perennial springs and streams.Deep coves provide natural concealment.Downsides: landslide risk, limited large-scale agriculture.Highland Rim escarpments above the Cumberland Plateau, TennesseeElevation: ~450–850 m.Abundant springs from limestone aquifers.Narrow ridge approaches and defensible hollows.Close enough to productive agricultural land without sitting on vulnerable valley floors.Sequatchie Valley headwater tributaries, TennesseeElevation range fits well.Numerous spring-fed systems.Plateau edges create strong geographic choke points.Good trade access without being on major corridors.Dolly Sods / Cheat River uplands, West VirginiaElevation: near the upper end of your range.Dense drainage network and isolation.Difficult terrain for large organized forces.Shorter growing season than southern Appalachia.Clearwater River tributary valleys, IdahoElevation: many suitable sites between 500–900 m.Basalt-derived soils occur throughout the broader Columbia Plateau region.Deep canyons provide concealment and bottlenecks.Reliable mountain water.Wallowa foothills, northeastern Oregon1/2
>>536682388>>5366842982/2Productive volcanic soils in some valleys.Numerous springs and snow-fed streams.Strong natural defensibility.Less populated than many western mountain regions.Western slope foothills of the Cascades near Oakridge, OregonElevation: 400–900 m.Strong orographic rainfall and abundant surface water.Volcanic soils.Heavy forest cover aids concealment.North Umpqua headwaters foothills, OregonSimilar advantages to Oakridge area.Multiple independent watersheds.Historically difficult terrain for movement.Colville Highlands, northeastern WashingtonElevation fits.Basalt-derived soils in parts of the region.Multiple small watersheds and defensible ridges.Less drought-prone than much of the inland West.Bulkley Valley uplands, central British ColumbiaElevation: many sites in the 500–900 m range.Extensive freshwater resources.Long-term climate resilience potential.Large amount of land relative to population.One thing I would challenge in the original criteria is the emphasis on controlling all freshwater and capping external springs. Historically, long-lived mountain communities often survived less by monopolizing water and more by occupying terrain where water was abundant enough that no single source became a strategic vulnerability. The southern Appalachians, for example, are attractive precisely because they're laced with springs, creeks, and headwaters throughout the landscape.Interestingly, if you're projecting all the way toward year-3000 climate scenarios, some of the southern Appalachian uplands (500–1000 m) may remain unusually attractive because they combine moderate temperatures, high rainfall, and extensive freshwater networks without requiring the extreme elevations that much of the western U.S. would increasingly favor.
>>536684298>>536684333>>536682388one final thought from clanker that also didn't fit the text limit:If I were ranking them for a centuries-long settlement scenarioWestern North Carolina covesCumberland Plateau / Highland Rim (TN-KY)Western Cascade foothills (Oregon)Clearwater tributaries (Idaho)North Umpqua foothills (Oregon)Wallowa foothills (Oregon)Colville Highlands (Washington)Cheat River uplands (West Virginia)Sequatchie region (Tennessee)Bulkley Valley uplands (British Columbia)
too much work, gonna pour a jim beam and grab some nachos
>>536684298>>536684333>>536684344is this why TN is being invaded by rich california faggots>>536682388>>536684333>>536684344>>536684377checked & keked
>>536682388I always sucked at endgame strategy desu.I hope we are in the mid game and not the end, im much better at midgame.
>>536684425If you were to do this once you have a location you write the foundational literature. Comprehensive plant ID for edible, medicinal and useful with seasonal data
