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In general, temperate regions of the world are boring, but safe, and really good places for humans to live. That's why I love New England; there's lots of fresh
by thrower123 7y ago
In general, temperate regions of the world are boring, but safe, and really good places for humans to live. That's why I love New England; there's lots of fresh water, there's no significant tectonic activity, you might catch the remnants of a hurricane once a decade. There are nearly no poisonous animals.
It snows a little bit, that's about the worst you can say.
- photonios 7y agoQuite a few places in Europe that match these requirements. https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/92-9167-025-1/fig25.jpg https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/92-9167-025-1/fig25.j...
- giardini 7y agoIn summer they have the worst gnats/biting flies/bugs I have ever encountered in my life. Very slow-moving and easy to kill, they arrive by the millions intent upon crawling into your socks, underwear, collar and hair, injecting an anticoagulant and lapping up your blood. Each bite (and you will have thousands of them) leaves a red circle of material beneath your skin (~1/4 cm in diameter) that takes years to go away. I was unlucky enough to be working one summer in northern Maine when these black devils began drifting into town. We swatted and laughed at first but after an hour we had to quit to get repellant to apply _everywhere_. Decades later the scars are still present on my ankles.
- laxk 7y agoWhat is about Lyme disease?
- freehunter 7y agoLyme disease is a lot easier to avoid than a hurricane and easier to treat than a high-rise collapsing on you during an earthquake.