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Have you ever been in a river valley in a mountainous region? Hard to build on the mountain, and the valley has transportation, easier to build, fertile land,
by newsclues 2mo ago
Have you ever been in a river valley in a mountainous region?
Hard to build on the mountain, and the valley has transportation, easier to build, fertile land, food and water.
It’s very obvious why humans settle where they do (despite the risks).
- srean 2mo ago> Have you ever been in a river valley in a mountainous region? Brought up there.
- pmontra 2mo agoAnd all the good places have been taken centuries ago.
- cucumber3732842 2mo agoAnd most of this "well obviously nobody should build anywhere where there will be serious destruction every couple generations" type sentiment ultimately just to funnels wealth and power to whoever took that good land previously.
- pmontra 2mo agoIf there is serious distruction every couple of generations it happens either to you or to your children. So, do you really want to build our buy there? If it happened to your parents there is no you. Every five or ten generations, different risk.