Quote Originally Posted by InvisibleBison View Post
I'm not sure how much we can/should extrapolate from New Vegas. As I recall, Mr. House had a moderately effective anti-missile system installed, which shot down a lot of the nukes headed for the area. That would have allowed for a lot more of the non-sheltered settlements to survive.
While they came to a bad end, also recall the people from West Everett... dude built a shelter in his backyard, and his neighbors worked their way home from Connecticut.