The cities least likely to survive a zombie apocalypse

Just in time for Halloween, a new CareerBuilder study finds out which U.S. cities are the most and least likely to be overrun by the walking dead in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

Gauging the survival rates based on concentration of occupational skills and industries, the study finds that among the 53 largest U.S. metropolitan areas (with more than 1 million residents), the city that's least likely to survive was New York City, NY.

If you're living in New York City, it's best to move out ASAP once you see the dead start to rise -  a separate CareerBuilder survey pointed out that 36% of workers would feast on their co-workers if they were a zombie.

The index scores cities based on eight different factors in four categories: ability to defend against the virus, ability to contain the virus, ability to find a cure and ability to outlast the epidemic with an ample food supply.

Here are the 10 cities that are least likely to survive:

New York City, NYDefense score: 12.44Containment score: -10.08Cure  score: 4.33Food score: 1.99Total score: 8.69

Tampa, FLDefense score: 6.07Containment score: 2.33Cure score: 2.97Food score: 1.52Total score: 12.89

Los Angeles, CADefense score: 7.37Containment score: 0.68Cure score: 3.89Food score: 1.70Total score: 13.65

Riverside, CADefense score: 4.44Containment score: 4.99Cure score: 0Food score: 7.30Total score: 16.72

Miami, FLDefense score: 12.67Containment score: 1.10Cure score: 1.57Food score: 2.78Total score: 18.11

Atlanta, GADefense score: 6.73Containment score: 5.87Cure score: 2.65Food score: 3.30Total score: 18.56

Buffalo, NYDefense score: 10.23Containment score: 3.35Cure score: 3.38Food score: 1.83Total score: 18.80

Tucson, AZDefense score: 10.88Containment score: 1.59Cure score: 6.40Food score: 0.52Total score: 19.40

Chicago, ILDefense score: 9.74Containment score: 0.63Cure score: 2.34Food score: 6.73Total score: 19.44

Detroit, MIDefense score: 2.03Containment score: 14.50Cure score: 2.10Food score: 1.32Total score: 19.94

If you're wondering which cities you should move to, Boston, MA is the top choice as it is the city that is the most likely to survive a zombie apocalypse.

Here are the 10 cities that are most likely to survive:

Boston, MADefense score: 13.69Containment score: 11.05Cure score: 20Food score: 3.59Total score: 48.33

Kansas City, MODefense score: 23.38Containment score: 10.02Cure score: 4.53Food score: 3.10Total score: 41.03

Salt Lake City, UTDefense score: 8.29Containment score: 18.61Cure score: 10.49Food score: 3.62Total score: 41.01

Baltimore, MDDefense score: 17.55Containment score: 7.68Cure score: 11.56Food score: 2.79Total score: 39.58

San Diego, CADefense score: 16.44Containment score: 9.89Cure score: 11.69Food score: 1.41Total score: 39.43

Seattle, WADefense score: 9.58Containment score: 17.86Cure score: 8.45Food score: 1.99Total score: 37.88

Denver, CODefense score: 7.82Containment score: 20.03Cure score: 6.39Food score: 3.58Total score: 37.82

Virginia Beach, VADefense score: 22.38Containment score: 10.61Cure score: 2.76Food score: 1.79Total score: 37.54

Hartford, CTDefense score: 17.28Containment score: 9.07Cure score: 5.80Food score: 3.32Total score: 35.47

Minneapolis, MNDefense score: 17.51Containment score: 8.19Cure score: 5.57Food score: 3.94Total score: 35.21

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