Although my first thought was that I would just have a great time with other people's stuff, I am now considering that finding a way to survive would be the only real solution. I would treat it as if I was stranded on a deserted island. However, I realize that I would have some time to prepare for this and choose where to live and gather supplies and such. In fact, the safest place would probably be on an island that was easily accessible to the mainland by a rowboat, and I would make sure that I was the most threatening animal on it. I would gather as many supplies on the mainland as possible (food, wood, seeds, building materials, gasoline, weapons, etc.) for as long as I could (before dogs and other carnivorous animals got out of control) and bring them to the island. On the island I would be safe from dangerous animals, and if 1 or 2 somehow crossed the water and got on, I could easily control it. The more I think of it, living on the island wouldn't be so different than living on the mainland after a while (no electricity, farming for food, raising animals for food). I would not care about repopulation...I can live without other people.
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