If they even survive it. The open ocean is hostile beyond belief. Anyone trying to setup a stable city out there does not understand or respect it's terrifying

If they even survive it. The open ocean is hostile beyond belief. Anyone trying to setup a stable city out there does not understand or respect it's terrifying power. https://youtu.be/aBM7NgMhg90 https://youtu.be/aBM7NgMhg90 It takes a bay of some kind to do this semi-safely, but you won't find those 12 miles out from continents and if you do (basically reef atolls) they're almost certainly claimed by a government or very, very far away from civilization, and completely incapable of sustaining life in a way most people would want to live.