If you allow credit, most people would not payback money. Forgetting credit is the similar to loan, many people spent their loaned money unwisely.
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Just by common sense we can rule out both C and B because neither of those make sense for this case. High population really doesn’t matter. So the most logical answer is D. Mostly Defending Familiar Territory
Because they was a possibility that their family member would not return.