Are Boston's Brains Too Much for a Horde of Zombies?

Of all the information you don’t need to know, this ranks high. But, hey, it’s Halloween, and if you can’t talk about your city’s ability to survive a zombie apocalypse now, when can you?

Metro Boston: You’re in it for the long, undead haul.

The folks at Careerbuilder took some time out from helping Americans find jobs to put together the Zombie Apocalypse Index, which scored cities’ chances of survival against an everyday flesh-eating virus in 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 virus with an ample food supply.

Metro Boston, good news — assuming there’s any such thing as “good news” when the world has suddenly been overrun by hordes of entrails-eating zombies — you’re in the best possible place to survive.

You have all those medical professionals and scientists to thank for earning Boston the No. 1 place in the country to find a cure, 14th when it comes to defending itself against the virus; 17th in terms of containing the virus; and 29th in the ability to find enough food to outlast the virus.

Bottom line: Stock up on bottled water and canned goods, hunker down and let the brainy set (assuming the zombies don’t get to them first) find a cure.

Here are the top 10 places to survive the walking dead:

1. Boston

2. Salt Lake City

3. Columbus, OH

4. Baltimore

5. Virginia Beach, VA

6. Seattle

7. San Diego

8. Kansas City, MO.

9. Denver

10. Indianapolis

Happy Halloween.

» Patch file photo by Beth Dalbey, who also significantly contributed to the writing.