Space development investment ( StarBound)

Yes, but the number of wealthy people you'll find on Guernsey will be small
in comparison with the number of wealthy people in and around London;
isn't that true?

The U.S.A. was settled by misfits, the persecuted, and those seeking
economic opportunity. I think it will be the same with the High Frontier.
The person from Sudan who is starving to death and has seen his family
massacred will see the possibility of living in space as an opportunity,
even if the conditions there might initially be considered "harsh" with
respect to living standards in the West. Those conditions won't be harsh
relative to Sudan standards. By contrast, someone who already owns a
hectare of land outside of Seattle and who enjoys hiking in the mountains,
fine coffee, and the opera might be less inclined to pack their bags in
order to move into a tin can for the rest of his/her life.

We in the U.S. routinely read in the papers of people who risk their lives
--- often losing them --- to cross the ocean to reach the States. One
generally doesn't risk one's own life for something unless that something
is quite good relative to that to which one is accustomed. I think that
ultimately the vast bulk of people who move to the High Frontier will be
poor, not rich. Initially, of course, only highly educated and trained
people will be able to go there. But in terms of its ultimate
**settlement**, the High Frontier will hold its greatest allure to those on
the bottom rung of the ladder.

Ron Menich

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>>>Highly ambitious and educated workers ... with high income...? I don't
know whether such a well-off person would wish to be confined to a ball a
few miles wide. They might prefer to live in Salt Lake City instead, and
be able to go skiing and hunting instead. Such a person might prefer to
live in NYC, where they can go to the opera and see the Yankees.>>>

Many communities on Earth are not within easy reach of most of these
luxuries.
I have a friend who lives on Guernsey in the English channel. The island is
perhaps 10 miles square and is not within easy reach of mainland Britain or
France. One might imagine that such a place would be considered highly
undesirable, to rich or famous people. The opposite is actually true. Many
people are extremely fond of the village atmosphere of the island. It is a
highly desirable holiday destination, has its own distinctive way of life
and
many people choose to make it their home. One of the complaints that many
British people have, is that the advent of motorways and modern rail
networks,
have effectively dispersed the population, destroying small village
communities.

Tony