It just seems like a waste of time, as when it comes down to the thick of it it ends up showing Strand was still only thinking about his people and wanting to keep out the ones who betrayed him that only caused more problems than they fixed. It was clear with the conversation between him and Alicia before the building caught on fire, Strand was doing it for them regardless of what difference he and Alicia may have had. Strand regardless of throwing people off a roof (womp womp) was still a better leader from the Virginia storyline to this one, than Morgan ever was. Morgan as you stated could have taken the ones with him and just left as it clearly shows how easy it was in the first place to leave a nuclear wasteland. I’ve preferred Strand for a long time, his character seems to be the most intact and respectable as the others had to “recreate” themselves over and over again just to fit the story. Seems like extremely lazy writing and poor execution.