Not sure you realize how many people work in a given building.
Mine has 40 floors at probably like 150-200 people per floor.... 6000-8000 people in my building and it isn't anywhere near the largest downtown.
Food/water would prohibit you from just holding up... we could easily just hole up in our office.... the main way up is the elevator bank, or you gotta walk a shitload of stairs.... barricade our office entrance... even if you didn't, unlikely the elevators keep running.... unlikely the zombies climb 40 flights... those stair doors lock unless the staff trigger an emergency.
Problem is the water wouldn't run forever.... now you have 150-200 people pissing and shitting with no running water.
There is food in our office for maybe 1 day...
If the entire building emptied out and my entire floor bailed except say me and 10 people.... the building has maybe enough food/water for 10 people for like 30-60 days... if you scavenge every fucking floor for every snack, every bottle of water, all the sink/toilet water.
Think about what downtown Chicago looked like for the Cubs parade.... now amplify by like 50 and no police.... you wouldn't be able to go outside to scavenge.... the streets would be packed with them.... you probably couldn't get out if you had a tank, it would eventually get stuck... only way out would be helicopter from the roof.
Well, with staying put, It is kind of dependent on a lions share of people panicking and taking off immediately.
I would imagine taking off running would be instinct number 1 for many. "get out! Get to my family!"
I personally would not run out willy nilly if zombies were haunting the streets, would rather fashion some ghetto armor and move smart.
Here is the question though- how fast do they turn? Where do they come from?
if 20 come rolling out of a bus and start the spread.... I look out the window and see it happening... The first thing I will do is look to see how quickly the victims rise.
if it is a 5-10 minute window or longer, then I am taking may chances to be mobile and gtfo.
I dont have to be the fastest one on the street, just faster than most.
If there are 10 humans to one zombie, I am hauling ass. 5 to 1, I am staying mobile but cautious.
Shit changes if I am in the burbs. staying mobile no matter what. Zombie rules dictate they follow you blindly, s the smart move is trap them in fenced yards.
open the gate, wait for them to come in, hop the fence. give em a few hours and they may figure out how to walk back the way they came.
