Gangs will always conflict with each other over territory and the recourses held within it, not to mention tedious and pointless displays of masculinity accompanied with the desire to be respected and smack down and displays of disrespect.
With this in mind, I would be trying to get far away from heavily populated areas, even if your not in a gang you would get caught in the middle. The other thing is eventually in most cases enough half decent people will gather together and topple almost any evil regime, it may take hundreds of years but rest assured just like in the Disney movies, "good" will eventually prevail providing everyone survives long enough for it to have a shot at it, history has shown that much at least.
With this in mind, I would be trying to get far away from heavily populated areas, even if your not in a gang you would get caught in the middle. The other thing is eventually in most cases enough half decent people will gather together and topple almost any evil regime, it may take hundreds of years but rest assured just like in the Disney movies, "good" will eventually prevail providing everyone survives long enough for it to have a shot at it, history has shown that much at least.