Bugging out is often when new preppers focus on first. Bugging out is what happens when all of your other preps have failed. If you start out your prepping by building community and establishing resources, you'll never have to bug out. That is the goal.

Something else to consider is the most people that haven't prepped, but have given it a few seconds of thought have the plan of, "I'll just head into the wilderness." Nearly all of these people have no plan after that. They haven't spent time in the woods to practice, they don't know how to hunt, and they don't know where water is. I can only image the scene of 1,000's of people in the woods together that have no experience.