I used to like the Walking Dead but not anymore. Once they hit the Prison I was like "Hey, this is great. Defensible walls, fences, fields, and enough supplies to feed/house hundreds of people. What could go wrong?" Then they threw in the Governor shit.
Good. Who wants to watch a show about a group of people surviving a zombie apocalypse in a prison? That's not entertaining.
And really, why haven't they seen more survivors? And more easily defended buildings? A school, for example, is usually nice and easy to defend. Lots of rooms, nice thick doors, and a cafeteria full of food. That school in Season 2: Perfect spot.
Hordes are what ruin everything. Even if you have an easily defended building you'd probably have to make runs to get food and other supplies. Especially since any stored food would spoil quickly with no electricity and you can only rely on limited canned food for so long. And if a horde decides to camp outside your building then you will most likely not be too successful staying alive for an extended period of time.
I don't know if you know this but it's hard work staying alive. You usually have to be by fresh water and hunt/grow food. You can't really do these things in a fortress.
Or what about traps? I saw ONE zombie attractor/trap and it was designed to just capture them. WTF? Is it really that hard? I played Half-Life 2 and that had better zombie traps than the walking dead.
A video game had better traps than real life? That shit craycray.
The guy who set up the traps was/is insane. He set up the traps and killed them later at his convenience. And again- hordes. Traps won't stop a horde.
I have a really difficult time seeing Lord Dave with his newborn baby making it through a zombie apocalypse.
Hords? HA! Hords are dumb. If I'm trapped in my own apartment building, I'm mostly screwed against a hord but only because it's a fort. Steel door, narrow hall, one way entrance, and second floor. I'd probably break the window open, use power cables to create a rope, and drop heavy stuff on them over and over again. Probably by sharpening the wooden chair legs into spikes. Maybe use some of my computer stuff. They aren't exactly light. And metal. With pointy edges.
Of course, I would have ran into the school I work for if given time. Why? Because I have all the keys, the doors are solid steel, the walls brick, and the windows, while fragile glass, can be sealed off from every room that's accessible to the outside. Also, well water and a septic system. Steam run heat. Lots of food. Also the glass windows are fairly small, aside from the rescue windows. The school also has everything from flammable gas to battery operated power tools.
But how do I get past a zombie hord?
Loud noises. Take a smoke alarm, rig it up as a makeshift beeper, stick a timer, then either throw it or place it somewhere far away. Zombies are stupid.
Hell, after a month of decomposition, a good truck will crush any hord to jelly. I'm not worried. As long as I stay far away from NYC anyway.