Advantages and drawbacks to setting up a home base to remain alive in the apocalypse

For today's apocalypse survival guide item, I'm thinking it is time to talk regarding defense. eventually when we arrive out of the city, we want to set up a headquarters. There are tons of detriments and advantages to this. The apocalypse survival guide advantages are numerous.
- security - We can lock the doors of our headquarters and depending on how stable the structure is, we will be strong and can even snipe at outside attackers.
- nourishment and water - With a post we can plant and grow sustenance. Water can be collected and stored. Rain water and dew etc. Gardens can manufacture sustenance.
- Animals - A home area can allow us to pen in farm or food cattle. This has the obvious benefit of no issues of perishable storage. Most cattle simply needs a rain barrel and grass.
- Stock piling - A camp allows us to stock up food stores, clothing, and related valuables for trade or construction materials.

Disadvantages are numerous as well.
- A settlement can be a trap if a horde is over whelming.
- A camp without proper structure can be vulnerable to thievery.
- When you have a headquarters, you are not mobile. Roaming humans or zombies can discover you.
- A site can make you lazy. If you possess a false sense of security, you might fail to prepare for the worst.