Surviving Zombie Outbreak In Philly Unlikely, New Report Says

PHILADELPHIA — The largest city in Pennsylvania, despite its access to major roads and waterways, is not a place to be in the event of the dead begin to rise.

A new report from Lawn Love listed Philadelphia as one of the worst cities to ride out a zombie outbreak.

The report, titled "2022's Best Cities for Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse," listed Philadelphia as the 109th best spot of 200 cities to survive a horror-movie-turned reality situation.

Inspired by the CDC’s Zombie Preparedness 101 guide, Lawn Love dug through the data graveyard to rank the cities.

"We compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities on 26 key indicators of zombie invasion-preparedness, such as the share of the living population in poor health and access to 'bunkers,' hunting-gear stores, and supermarkets," according to the website.

Philadelphia's overall score was 37.83, with the availability of supplies being its worst aspect and its mobility being its best aspect, which is listed as the fourth-best city for mobility in the rankings.

Our neighbors out west in Pittsburgh, where zombie-genre pioneering filmmaker George Romero attended Carnegie Mellon University, was ranked as the ninth-best city to stave off a zombie horde.

The No. 1 city on the list is Orlando, Florida, which Lawn Love calls nearly zombie proof.

"Although The City Beautiful doesn’t have the healthiest population alive (No. 144), it has plenty of hospitals per capita (No. 30) to contain a disease outbreak. (Prevention is key.)" Lawn Love writes.

See the full list online here.