The fact that "many . . . did flock in from all the region round about Sidom" (Alma 15:14) might suggest that the land of Sidom, much like the land of Melek was the hub of a number of villages. What is not answered here is why with all the people flocking in, persecution did not follow. There might have been quite a cultural separation between the land of Ammonihah and the land of Sidom in addition to the miles that separated the two areas. There also might have been some natural geographical barrier.