(I'm making certain assumptions about the size of your town. If your town is small enough where everyone knows everyone else's names, then your community may be small enough to sustain itself.)
Nah, I don't live in a friendly community type place. I'd want to either GTFO or bunker down for long enough for things to settle down. Leaving town would be the best option by far, but it's important to have somewhere to go if you don't want to get shot by a farmer protecting his food and water supply. Plus, travelling might be dangerous, so there's that.