It would be so hard to leave, though - I was born here, raised here, left here to join the Navy and then returned after a decade at sea to start and raise a family. I have a child buried here, and my wife and I expected that we will join her some day, resting together among the Cottonwoods while we wait for the return of our Savior.
Our first house when we were newly married was in Ferguson, and we still have life-long friends there on our old street.
Sigh...it would be SO hard to leave here...
FWIW, I'd make a stand.