You'd probably be better off dead. The entire country and world would go into financial chaos and meltdown if the US got completely nuked. Radiation causes a slow agonizing death. You'd have no way of knowing what areas were safe because the government would surely have collapsed as well. There would be out of control rioting in all the cities. No food. No power. No fresh water. No law enforcement. No way for businesses to function.
Seen New Orleans and the Gulf Coast lately? Its still a total disaster. The government is still scratching their heads trying to figure out what to do. And that's just from a hurricane.
