Task: Take a day and just drive/walk around the area you live. I mean literally take a whole Saturday just to drive/walk down streets you've never been down before, follow them as far as they go, find out how they're connected, etc.
If you do drive, look around at what surrounds the roads on either side - fields, forests, buildings, alleys - and think of them from a walking perspective (how they're connected, how you'd get through/around that terrain on foot).
With all the talk of ICE raids and reports of them "making mistakes" and occasionally taking in legal U.S. citizens, I think it's important to remember that while large national bodies have a lot of manpower and force behind them, the one thing you have going for you if you become a target for one is home field advantage. You know the terrain, and they don't (especially if you know things well enough to leave the main roads since GPS exists now).
The better you know the surroundings, the better off you are in the event of an emergency. That principle is also transferrable to much milder conditions. When I was young, I used to walk everywhere I was going to in the city in daylight before having to walk there at night, just so I'd know where to run in case someone attacked me on the street. I also do this for protest routes. I don't go to protests without having walked the planned route ahead of time to make note of possible escape routes.
