""they will be doused in gasoline and set ablaze the next day""

"gasoline or some other form of flammable liquid. besides where would i drive to? they have solar powered cars and electric cars. i don't really need gas. well i could trade it... ok your right. then ill have bunch of other flammable material that i can light the zombies"

"I'm not even sure if a "community" is even a good idea. Pretty much after the zombie apocalypse society will have entered into another dark age. Sure there would be the eventual building of society after the survivors rebuild. However, even that will be an extremely turbulent time.

There's also the issue that the more people you have together, the lower the collective IQ drops. What are your thoughts on a good number of people to have? I'm thinking under 50 people is ideal. When you get too many people there is always that 1% that mess everything up for everyone else.

As far as being nomadic or static, I would think static is the way to go. If you have a good location with fresh water, it's hard to beat that. If you can setup farming, renewable resources (wind power, turbines in the stream or river, solar power) that is another reason to stay put. For sure you would want to stay under the radar of faction that would eventually start having wars.

http://www.zombieinformer.com"

"I'm not even sure if a "community" is even a good idea. Pretty much after the zombie apocalypse society will have entered into another dark age. Sure there would be the eventual building of society after the survivors rebuild. However, even that will be an extremely turbulent time.

There's also the issue that the more people you have together, the lower the collective IQ drops. What are your thoughts on a good number of people to have? I'm thinking under 50 people is ideal. When you get too many people there is always that 1% that mess everything up for everyone else."

"Not true. "Federal Service" was required in Heinlein's government for citizenship, but this was not strictly military service. However, due to it's extreme and perilous nature, military service was seen as a "shortcut" to citizenship as the required terms of service were not as long as administrative positions.

The idea was not a militaristic society, but rather one where every voting citizen has had a personal stake in the direction of the government and had "earned" their vote through service and dedication - as opposed to contemporary systems where any jerk-off can sit on his couch, leeching off the government and criticizing every decision without lifting a finger to help improve anything.

As you can see in Heinlein's novel, non-citizens could and often did enjoy very comfortable lifestyles -- their unwillingness to serve the federal government did not cause mistreatment but rather they were simply along for the ride when it came time for policy-making.

And anyone could serve, at any time. Old, young, fit, disabled - as long as you were willing to serve, they would find work for you. "