Chris Jolly Holcomb on Nostr: Not enough apocalypse stories have city states, and when they do it's always like a ...

Not enough apocalypse stories have city states, and when they do it's always like a proxy for "we have a standing army". You almost never see like New York cobbling together what it can. It's still got the subways, but all the trains run on parts cannibalized from other trains. Folks still live in the suburbs, with the assumption they are close enough to be protected, so long as they provide their tribute.