Metropolitan Dexterity

  What the heck is metropolitan dexterity? It is the ability to collect and use items that are found in an urban setting to survive. Calling it urban bushcraft really doesn't make sense now does it? You may have read about this before and this is just my spin. 

  As the world becomes more and more populated and those populating it continue to gravitate to cities the likely hood of you being in a sub-urban environment when the shtf increases. So why not get familiar with ways to use all of the objects we are surrounded by everyday. There are entire forums dedicated to wilderness survival, but far fewer for urban survival. It makes me wonder how much is out there that we don't know. The likely hood that all the alternative uses for items or ways to manipulate an urban environment have been discovered. I think that it is important to open up a dialogue about these skills. 

  I like to take an object, and sit down with it. If I can take it apart without destroying it I do, then I sit and look at each piece. I try to come up with as many ways to use that object as possible. If it is old or broken I will actually try and make my ideas come to life. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't, but now I know. It's a fun mental exercise that you should try, it helps you to see things in a different way. These are the things that I am talking about when I say metropolitan dexterity.  Intimate knowledge of your surroundings. 

  This is just a start on this subject, and I plan to revisit it. I just wanted to get these thoughts down and the idea out there. I hope that you found this interesting or at least had a good laugh. Thanks for reading. 

VGB