A village surrounded by hinterland seems promising, actually. I just set off in a direction for a while, and pick a slightly different one every hour or so. Assuming MJ lacks tracking skills, that seems at least as promising as being under a stack of stuffies in a mall.
If they weren't dancers in their physical prime, I'd have a good chance of outpacing them, and then it would basically be a guaranteed victory. Ditto if we all end up on vehicles.
If I have to stay in the village, well, the mall's probably bigger, so obviously that.