Not sure you would be able to survive long-term in a big city if it had been hit by multiple nuclear weapons in an all-out war. I think you'd be far more likely to find survivors in the country or in shelters with special resources (see below).
Most of the designated fallout shelters were just the basement areas of public buildings. But my next door neighbor has one in his backyard that was built in the early 60s.
If you want a picturesque scenario, there's a fallout shelter in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with a Japanese garden outside it dedicated to peace. I've been there several times. Plus the shelter itself is in the basement of a library.
Whenver I went there I was struck by the contrast between standing in the beautiful garden, and seeing the sign on the side of the building with the nuclear symbol, the words FALLOUT SHELTER, and an arrow pointing to the entrance.
I know for a fact that many of the buildings of Carnegie Mellon University have fallout shelters, and I've been told that some of the buildings are specifically designed to collapse in the event of nuclear strike so as to protect the high tech stuff in the basement. One particularly macabre friend even speculated that the formulas had taken into account the number of people expected to be in the building at any given time. That area's underbelly does have a remarkable network of tunnels. NOT THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN INSIDE THEM. That would be trespassing. And illegal. *coughs
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Whenver I went there I was struck by the contrast between standing in the beautiful garden, and seeing the sign on the side of the building with the nuclear symbol, the words FALLOUT SHELTER, and an arrow pointing to the entrance.
I know for a fact that many of the buildings of Carnegie Mellon University have fallout shelters, and I've been told that some of the buildings are specifically designed to collapse in the event of nuclear strike so as to protect the high tech stuff in the basement. One particularly macabre friend even speculated that the formulas had taken into account the number of people expected to be in the building at any given time. That area's underbelly does have a remarkable network of tunnels. NOT THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN INSIDE THEM. That would be trespassing. And illegal. *coughs ( ... )
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