PC Why do people setup base in the open?

I like multiple outposts. Keep yourself busy that way. Cause you can get bored fast on this game if you don't keep busy doing stuff. I use to play this daily. But MD5 bug on day 240 kinda took the wind out of my sails a tad. But I do need a new game or something.

 
I really liked building near cities I've never experienced lag or any extra zombies coming my way from the cities. The perfect base location to me is in the forest biome near a city and a body of water.
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Lag, beyond the usual pauses when zombies spawn, was never an issue when building in a city for me either, the issue I faced was the zombies getting stuck on a building on horde night.

 
Yeah, the main reason I like to build out in the open is to keep city loot respawning. If you are too close to a POI the loot respawn timer stays paused so you can't reloot it. If you are playing on some hardcore settings or don't care about the loot then it's not a terrible idea. The one big advantage to building near a town is the land surrounding the town is usually very flat. So if you want to make a nice large base you have a perfect flat surface to work with.

But as others said zombies can spawn in any direction for the horde, so if they come from the town side they can get stuck on stuff and make the horde boring.

 
I build out in the open very near the hub city. I avoid tons because there is too much for a zombie to get hung up on during horde night. Out in the open, I can clear/control any issues that might occur.

 
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