Mars may sound not very fun, but I'll argue it's better than big parts of Russia or Canada. And those are habitable. Not many people live there, but they do. M

Mars may sound not very fun, but I'll argue it's better than big parts of Russia or Canada. And those are habitable. Not many people live there, but they do. Mars has no air. That's downside. But there's no snow to block your roads and no rain to turn them to mud. Then there's no permafrost to make ground undiggable. That's tremendous upside for e.g. mining operations. There's no rivers, lakes or forests. There's probably some rough terrain and canyons, but you may build bridges that'll last long. Whatever you build on Mars, stays on Mars. Whatever you build in the far north, detoriates rapidly.