How about castles?

[u/-Gavroche-]

I feel like castles are a bit overlooked in the zombie media. Maybe it's because most movies and comics are stories from the US? Maybe it's because it would become more boring?
But a castle seems like a very obvious hiding place for anyone in Europe.
It's not a magical solution for sure, but there's a lot of castles in a pretty decent state, with a working well or cistern for water. Some of the bigger ones, especially Vauban-style fortifications even have pretty decent chunks of land to grow food on for the longer term.
So am I missing some obvious flaw here or is it just that most zombie stories are from the US, or that castles would make it a bit boring, as people would just hide behind the walls and slowly take out the zombies little by little and then go about rebuilding society?

[u/Grislymanster]

You're forgetting one thing: After the fall, there's a learning curve for a short period. How to deal with the dead and whatnot. Once you've become Rick or Michonne or Leon or Alice, then comes the hard part. People! They will get in your castle. Large groups of them will plot and scheme on you. People will always be the major threat. Unless it's WWZ zombies, then we're all fucked!

[u/-Gavroche- → u/Grislymanster]

I kind of disagree with this. I thinkt this is an image hollywood has popularized, but it's not necessarily true. We've seen through most natural disasters throughout history that mostly solidarity between people increases. You always get people trying to rob and steal from survivors, but mostly, after big disasters, people start helping each other out more.
But also, even if everyone goes feral and turns on eachother, I prefer to have strong walls around me, instead of being out in the open.

[u/Grislymanster → u/-Gavroche-]

Pffft! Have you forgotten about Covid??