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[spork]

The best option is not to live in metropolitan area where many people are highly dependent on public services.

[marlborough]

Well, on the big NO list is Naples.  When that volcano finally blows, there will be total chaos.  The last time I was in Italy, a government spokesman was on confidently explaining that they had a great plan to evacuate 400,000 people in an organized way.  Never mind that 4 million people live there and you can't drive out of town on the normal day. 

[magistra]

Vesuvius is due, too.  A few million live in the region.  And all those tourists at Pompeii...

NYC fire and police still can't communicate, as dolljepop noted.  So no to them, though New Yorkers really don't panic quite as easily as some others.  Still, I'd only live uptown -- like near the George Washington bridge uptown -- so I could get out in a hurry if necessary.  DC would do better, I think, but traffic and the metro are also horrendous there.  Talk about break-downs on a good day...

My vote is for Canada.  I have a lot of faith in the Canadians, and they are used to lots of snow and the like.  Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, I'll bet they'd be ok.  And I second the idea that the Teutonic countries will be fine.  You all know the old joke:

In Heaven the police are British, the mechanics are German, the cooks are French, the lovers are Italian and the Swiss organize the place. In Hell the police are German, the mechanics are French, the cooks are British, the lovers are Swiss and the Italians organize the place.