At this point in time, any mass settlement in space won't involve going down another gravity well. Pulling stuff out of a gravity well is enough work as it is.

At this point in time, any mass settlement in space won't involve going down another gravity well. Pulling stuff out of a gravity well is enough work as it is. Mostly you will have people living and working in neighborhoods, in space, just like you have cities and lot of empty unused land between them on earth. Like space cities. Then cluster of space cities, then may be a region full of such clusters etc.