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Wild idea: I think we should turn Greenland into an into a new frontier nation with completely open borders for refugees and people who are up for the challenge

by Mizza 7y ago

Wild idea: I think we should turn Greenland into an into a new frontier nation with completely open borders for refugees and people who are up for the challenge of settling a new place. Sure, there's nothing there, but if you want to build something and there's nowhere else for you, have at it. EDIT: Out of curiosity, I started looking at Greenland on Google Maps and found this sweet shadow of the buggy they used to street view (dirt-road view) it: https://www.google.com/maps/@67.0111595,-50.7379435,3a,75y,93.3h,37.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQuSiFK6Vh85JUNgLihWhXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@67.0111595,-50.7379435,3a,75y,9...

anbop 7y ago
That could be a solution for the asylum seekers in the US, too... settle them in the Alaskan wild. If you’re willing to go from Honduras to Nome that’s a clear cut sign that what you’re fleeing is a very real danger.
- pyuser583 7y ago
  There’s free movement between Alaska and other states. No way to prevent them from moving to, say, New York.
leke 7y ago
You know it's tough to live or grow anything there now, but I wonder what climate change will do to the summer temperatures in 10 years. Could we see summer temperatures being warm enough to support agricultural crops.
cozzyd 7y ago
Kanger has the largest road network in Greenland. I once got to go on the road to the ice edge, which was a wonderful experience. The ice near the edge is so dirty you don't immediately realize you've transitioned from dirt to ice.
dmurray 7y ago
Svalbard, at a similar latitude to Greenland, already has an open-borders policy [0]. It's not particularly attractive to refugees. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Svalbard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Svalbard
kzrdude 7y ago
To try to articulate why this is an unfair and bad idea, it's very hard to subsist on Greenland. Probably it would involve generations-long learning from those who can already subsist there on their own. If we're not talking self sustenance, then the settling people would be supported by the existing civilization on Greenland, and it's already small, so it can not support that many.

by Mizza 7y ago

anbop 7y ago

That could be a solution for the asylum seekers in the US, too... settle them in the Alaskan wild. If you’re willing to go from Honduras to Nome that’s a clear cut sign that what you’re fleeing is a very real danger.

pyuser583 7y ago
There’s free movement between Alaska and other states. No way to prevent them from moving to, say, New York.

leke 7y ago

You know it's tough to live or grow anything there now, but I wonder what climate change will do to the summer temperatures in 10 years. Could we see summer temperatures being warm enough to support agricultural crops.

cozzyd 7y ago

Kanger has the largest road network in Greenland. I once got to go on the road to the ice edge, which was a wonderful experience. The ice near the edge is so dirty you don't immediately realize you've transitioned from dirt to ice.

dmurray 7y ago

Svalbard, at a similar latitude to Greenland, already has an open-borders policy [0]. It's not particularly attractive to refugees. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Svalbard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Svalbard

kzrdude 7y ago

To try to articulate why this is an unfair and bad idea, it's very hard to subsist on Greenland. Probably it would involve generations-long learning from those who can already subsist there on their own. If we're not talking self sustenance, then the settling people would be supported by the existing civilization on Greenland, and it's already small, so it can not support that many.