Even if the place they reside is where they and their ancestors have resided, they should leave such place. Manusmruti explains, 'One should never reside in a place where their is mass abandonment of Dharma, which is plagued, where there is harassment and which is full of unrighteous people.' Charankya Niti Shastra explains, 'Lions, wise people, and elephants leave their place of habitation when suffering erupts. However crows, unwise people and deer never leave such place resulting in great misery.' Thus wise people change their place of habitation in such circumstances. Sa Desho Yatra Jivyate - 'Desha is a place where one can live happily at peace.'