after you resspawn you can get basic food/water/weps/equip all by yourself - preferabbly in hotter zones like balota airstrip/cherno/electro, there is almost no risk involved as you can't loose anything except for your miserable life and a few beans. of course after you get some basic equip it is the other story, then i rather move to the north where chances for survival are way higher (especially if i manage to get matches, i immediately leave coastal areas for good
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imo smaller coastal villages are not that much of your interest, considering the risk/time/number of zeds they don't offer that much. personally i prefer military camp at balota for guns and cherno for other equipment (church/hospital/supermarket and a few buildings you get to on your way). after that you usually have all you need (usually except the matches...)
have i mentioned matches?