Let’s make some places of importance.
That lava rift over there would greatly facilitate smithing, possibly steam generation, and after some Raptor serum I and my children’s chances of survival in the harsh New England winter.
It turns out I’ve set up camp in a non-ice Lab that happens to have a CVD forge. Could do a lot if we could power it, turn out weapons for a small guard force. Kinda worried the Feds are gonna decide we’ve seen too much and might cause Trouble for those “Old Guard” types, maybe tell folks how they’re the ones who caused all this, though…
Hey, intact farm near a river. Let’s irrigate and raise all sorts of crops; can set up a fishery too. And repel raiders who aren’t thinking about the future, or perhaps have so thought and prefer it without us.
This sewage plant is actually connected to sewers that run throughout the town. With proper staffing, we could use it as a staging area to both salvage and later clear out the city, possibly making it habitable again. Conversely, hostiles could pop in anywhere in the city and run the lines back to us…