how long after an event for things to die down

[Dana]

I voted 6 months. I take it this is a TEOTWAWKI scenario?

I say 6 months because people with long-term medical conditions will probably have died off by then or at least will no longer be a threat as will the very young and old. Most of the food in shops/warehouses will already have been eaten/looted. Raiders will also have taken a toll of some of the population as too would TPTB in the early stages (anti-looting etc).

Disease would have also been rampant in the first few months but as the population thins out, the diseases will also die out - they need hosts.

A lot of the local scrotes will also be in oblivion as their drugs and alchohol will have run out or they overdosed - They rarely look after themselves in a medical/health way. We would also be 85,000 people/prisoners down as they would have starved to death.

It is hard to say exactly how long without a reason for the scenario in the first place. If it was a Pandemic, if you survived, it may be only a month or two afterwards that you could start to rebuild - too many variables.