How will you SURVIVE the economy?

Your hearts in the right place, but you are relying too much on book knowledge and not working on actually developing the skills. You should be gardening now. Even if it is a window sill garden, the information on lighting, water requirements, mites, disease, etc. will teach you volumes more than a book will. Firearms training and skinning and butchering your own meat is a necessity. These are tactile skill sets that can't be learned from a book o audio/video program. As for Canada or Mexico, why so hasty to abandon your support systems and ecology. Do you really think it will be easier in a foreign land with less biodiversity and less investment in your personal safety? Choose a spot you are really familiar with and learn first hand what the edibles are and what they really taste like, when they are in season, etc. as well as the animals, their habits, trails, runs, day beds, seasonal movements, and where to best hunt and snare them. In short, by reading about something, you only put the material in a small part of your brain responsible for memorization. By actually doing something and learning from your mistakes and experiences, you are able to anticipate problems in the future and initiate an action to avoid a situation. These abilities are not available to folks who rely soley on book training or videos. Go out there and practice your skill sets. Attitude, awareness, shelter, water, fire, and food, are the big topic areas of training to work on. In each there are subsets such as navigation, communication, first aid. Devise a training plan and make it real. Get cold, learn how you react to adversity in a controlled situation, journal your results, and make adjustments for the next experience. Try making a fire using only one match. Record your mistakes so you can learn from them and evolve. Finally, avoid cotton clothing like jeans. Stick to the three layering system (Wicking, insulation, shell) and default to wool as a primary survival clothing fabric. The goal is to stay dry and comfortably cool.