rural population

[Skean Dhude]

This is the UK. When people think of food they think of cities not little villages in general. Remember many children have not seen a cow. They get frightened at being out in the woods. Sure, starving people will consider other options but not until they try the ones they like first.

I still believe that in today society where the land will not support the population the die off will be greater as they strip the food from the land around them and fight among themselves. Only then will they look wider and travel out into the country. Sure, they won't all follow the roads but after the first 100 fields in which they find nothing because they don't know what they are looking for and what they do know is already gone they will stick to the roads as much as possible in an effort to find houses and food.

Eventually it will settle down to a level that the food supply will support but I think it will dip down well under that before it stabilises and builds up over a while.