smaller mobs, less witnesses in low population areas. they do much of their illegal activity in those places. a growing local mob can be easily overwhelmed by security suddenly mobilized from several major cities. they usually arrive before the mob gets reinforcements from the surrounding area as word would spread slower through rumors. especially in the pre-internet era. sometimes you hear of towns that were quietly erased from maps after a certain year. not all were natural disasters. the common theme is that they disproportionally have a higher likelihood of masonic lodge being in these small towns.
United States