One thing I thought about- I remember being grossed out the first time I stumbled upon a dead animal with maggots crawling all over it. If dead bodies were lying around very long we could expect the same thing. Not trying to gross anybody out but that would be a fact.
I try to prepare for the worst (mentally also) and hope for the best. Gangs would be a factor even in a small town because of so many people who think they need to feel good all the time and are on drugs or think the world owes them a living. At least in or near a small town you likely know who the locals are but you still don’t know who they really are till adversity.