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There is nothing stopping you from building self-sufficient and secluded colonies on Earth as well. Svalbard has a no-visa-needed policy and is barely populated
by est31 7y ago
There is nothing stopping you from building self-sufficient and secluded colonies on Earth as well. Svalbard has a no-visa-needed policy and is barely populated. If you can convince the Norwegian government to sell you land, you can build your colony there and will mostly be kept alone (compared to a colony in say Sahara which lies on a heavily populated continent).
- EthanHeilman 7y agoThe problem is that it is too to leave Svalbard. If something goes wrong, your Svalbard colony can call for help. On Mars if something goes wrong, help is at least 6 months away. On Svalbard if you aren't having fun anymore you can leave, on Mars it is likely a oneway trip unless you are a billionaire.