I've been sticking inland and to the north myself. However, since I am very unfamiliar with the map, finding food has been difficult. I fell unconscious from starvation last night but I had managed to survive for two days on soda, sardines and powdered milk. I will echo the lack of people up there. I have encountered only a few people since I started playing a couple days ago and they have been near the coast (all this on pretty full, if not full, servers).