Protection - Clarification

Suppose you have a dozen large bars of solid gold. These particular magical golden bars need to be stored in a somewhat controlled environment that has limited access. You live in the suburbs.

You are stuck having to hide these, more or less, where others might accidentally get a peek.

Thus we go about figuring out ways to stash our preps. Thinking of your preps as golden bars instead of miscellaneous stuff might get you into a proper mood regarding who you want to know about your preps.

We have neighbors that are fine people. The proverbial cup of sugar is lent around the neighborhood. There is a reasonably good sense of community here.

The value of these magic golden bars means more to you than wealth, they represent the future survivability of your family.

Which of your neighbors do you want to look after your gold when you go away for a weekend?

We need to protect our preps. We start by keeping our preps secret. No one needs to know about it, unless your preps are for community use.

When TSHTF we will see a major paradigm shift. Stuff like food and other preps will become more valuable to Joe Citizen than gold. He will be desperate to feed and care for his family. If Joe knows about your stuff that he needs, you will become the bad guy - thus the enemy - your own community will turn on you and treat you as such. Instead of a prudent prepper, overnight you will become a "Food Hoarder".
Sam

The first layer of protection is Anonymity, second is Stealth, third Evasion, fourth Formidability, fifth is Guns, ammo and practiced skill.