The Town is the area in Strife where the game begins.
Warning: Plot details follow.
You begin this area being interrogated by Acolytes. You must punch your way out. You meet up with Rowan, who gives you a chance to do a task. He wants you to go to the Sanctuary to kill Beldin who is about to reveal the location of The Front. After doing so, you bring Beldin's ring back as proof and Rowan tells you about The Front and gives you the com link.
In the town, there a passage to the Sanctuary and a Pub where you can talk to the folks within and get some information. There are peasants wandering around the town, too. There is a medical shop along with a weaons and items shop. Later in the game, you can go to Irale's black market to get an assault rifle. You can go to the Prison or the Power Plant after a certain point in the game where you must. The Front has planted their base below the broken down city hall. You must go there after killing Beldin. The Mayor's manor is located in the town, also. After meeting up with The Front, you can talk to the mayor and he will give you 2 choices of what to do. (More on that later.)