What should I do, my neighbors down the road are about to be raided. Should I lay low and let them pass? Should I attack and thin them out? I don't like my neighbor, but I would be in worse shape if the raiders win.
What is the best way to make this work in my favor?
Here's my best take.
More questions than answers in this what if.
If you're aware that bad guys are on their way to your neighbors, why are they passing you up?
Firing them up before they get to your neighbors is only going to make them focus on you. You think this will make your neighbor join the fight to save your ass? Doubtfull. Avoid confrontation unless you absolutely know you're going to win and there is something to gain from it.
If you don't like your neighbor, let him 'thin them out'. Maybe he's the neighborhood badass?? Keep watch on the situation, if you see the raiders missing a few or running with their tails between their legs, then take some sniping shots to further help your neighbors defense and maybe create some solidarity with him from that point on.
Or,
The raiders are low on ammo, and only half has guns.
But your neighbor is alone and can't be awake all the time.
And one they finish him off, they'll have 20 more guns and 20k more rounds.
That would be better.Or, prior the the fall of civility, I covered all my avenues of approach and buried controlled demo to take them out...
Or, I won the lotto, bought everything I would ever need and am now in an undisclosed location with no neighbors for hundreds of miles