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Report: Atlanta not likely to survive zombie apocalypse

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ATLANTA — We have some bad news Atlanta: in the event of a zombie apocalypse, we’re a goner.

Yes, just like in the ‘Walking Dead,’ Atlanta would be overrun by zombies and its population would be decimated.

This all very true, that is, if you believe a new Halloween study conducted by CareerBuilder.

The “research” was comprised of a weighted index ranking the 53 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. A standard, flesh-eating virus transmitted via biting or contact with infected blood is assumed.

TRENDING STORIES:

The index is scored 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.

So where did Atlanta land on this list? Almost at the very bottom.

MSA

Defense Score

Containment Score

Cure Score

Food Score

Total Score

Final Rank

Boston, MA

13.69

11.05

20

3.59

48.33

1

Kansas City, MO

23.38

10.02

4.53

3.10

41.03

2

Salt Lake City, UT

8.29

18.61

10.49

3.62

41.01

3

Baltimore, MD

17.55

7.68

11.56

2.79

39.58

4

San Diego, CA

16.44

9.89

11.69

1.41

39.43

5

Seattle, WA

9.58

17.86

8.45

1.99

37.88

6

Denver, CO

7.82

20.03

6.39

3.58

37.82

7

Virginia Beach, VA

22.38

10.61

2.76

1.79

37.54

8

Hartford, CT

17.28

9.07

5.80

3.32

35.47

9

Minneapolis, MN

17.51

8.19

5.57

3.94

35.21

10

Indianapolis, IN

8.73

9.39

10.79

5.01

33.92

11

Richmond, VA

14.61

11.16

4.73

3.38

33.89

12

Grand Rapids, MI

0.08

9.73

2.08

20

31.89

13

San Francisco, CA

6.43

8.97

14.86

1.48

31.73

14

Portland, OR

3.71

13.41

6.35

8.01

31.48

15

Washington, D.C.

16.55

7.96

6.80

0

31.31

16

Sacramento, CA

8.80

12.29

4.77

4.99

30.85

17

Pittsburgh, PA

5.98

13.38

7.26

3.60

30.22

18

San Jose, CA

5.74

15.02

8.17

1.09

30.02

19

Raleigh, NC

7.70

12.22

4.89

4.18

28.98

20

Orlando, FL

9.44

9.55

3.53

6.03

28.55

21

Memphis, TN

14.07

2.96

5.15

6.26

28.43

22

Louisville, KY

11.56

6.76

2.03

8.04

28.39

23

Cleveland, OH

10.36

4.24

8.02

5.32

27.93

24

Birmingham, AL

9.84

6.73

5.29

5.51

27.37

25

Oklahoma City, OK

8.25

10.69

6.53

1.55

27.01

26

St. Louis, MO

13.96

8.24

2.99

1.62

26.81

27

Houston, TX

6.08

15.92

2.71

1.37

26.09

28

New Orleans, LA

13.55

8.85

2.12

1.23

25.75

29

Phoenix, AZ

12.81

7.39

1.96

3.44

25.59

30

Charlotte, NC

8.65

6.12

0.50

9.78

25.06

31

Las Vegas, NV

15.84

6.20

0.68

1.44

24.16

32

Columbus, OH

7.88

7.59

6.03

2.50

24.01

33

Providence, RI

8.82

5.37

4.19

4.85

23.23

34

Austin, TX

5.83

12.13

4.45

0.70

23.11

35

Cincinnati, OH

5.46

5.63

5.16

6.62

22.87

36

Rochester, NY

5.16

4.92

3.87

8.69

22.64

37

Nashville, TN

8.53

7.15

3.77

2.89

22.34

38

Milwaukee, WI

6.29

7.48

4.09

3.95

21.81

39

Dallas, TX

7.66

7.50

2.12

4.53

21.80

40

San Antonio, TX

9.88

4.27

1.95

5.48

21.58

41

Philadelphia, PA

8.53

1.18

7.46

3.90

21.07

42

Jacksonville, FL

11.40

6.04

1.63

1.27

20.33

43

Detroit, MI

2.03

14.50

2.10

1.32

19.94

44

Chicago, IL

9.74

0.63

2.34

6.73

19.44

45

Tucson, AZ

10.88

1.59

6.40

0.52

19.40

46

Buffalo, NY

10.23

3.35

3.38

1.83

18.80

47

Atlanta, GA

6.73

5.87

2.65

3.30

18.56

48

Miami, FL

12.67

1.10

1.57

2.78

18.11

49

Riverside, CA

4.44

4.99

0

7.30

16.72

50

Los Angeles, CA

7.37

0.68

3.89

1.70

13.65

51

Tampa, FL

6.07

2.33

2.97

1.52

12.89

52

New York City, NY

12.44

-10.08

4.33

1.99

8.69

53

The index will come in handy considering that, in a separate and equally practical CareerBuilder study, 36 percent of workers said, if they were a zombie, they would feast on their co-workers.