How to fill a new Habitat?

wrote: The bad news here is that we have built up a human society in which majority of adults are literally pulling the rug from under their own feet.

As you say, could excersise, and healthy living habits can help minimize the bad effects of gravity perhaps, but the older folks that have NOT taken the best of care of themselves in such regards, who look for an instant solution through a "pill" or "operation" will probably like the artificial extension /easier life/ less physical challenge given to them through a less stressful environment.

Probably not the "right" solution (which would be to change lifestyle and work at improving ones condition through physical thereapy, etc. ....but an older person many times is just looking for the relief as quickly as possible, and considering their age/habits, not really want to be bothered with starting a new life regimen of effort and restimulating atrophied muscles and bones, when a simpler solution of zero or micro gravity could be bought, simplifing the effort. Why work for it when you can buy it? :-) Not to take anything away from older folks, but we are looking for a competative advantage for building Space Environment Communities, and this seems the MOST likely.

Older folks do not need to worry about physical labor to maintain themselves in peak fitness, nor at their age would care about losing physical strength to allow them ability to return to full Earth gravity; they have a wealth asset to afford it, less desire for physical space around them (mansions, large land holdings), if working, their needs for productivity are easily satisfied without heavy equipment, intense resources, etc. , just a computer and communication for the most part to check and manage investments.

What a doable group we have found!!

Servicing the older folks allows not wealthy individuals the opportunity to do "SPace" as well, although it may not be as pleasant an environment for the servicing people...I think that a cruise ship would be a GREAT analogy. Limited space per client, space is traded for location, and the value or price paid is high compared to other location options. The ship trys to be a micro environment with its own waste management system, water creation, etc. Granted, it can not survive long without outside supplies, but with relatively unlimited energy from unobstructed solar available, there could be much additional self-supporting production, i.e space greenhouses and solariums for premium food production and scrubbing /freshening the air, aswell as waste recycling (humanure). Reesupply could then be minimal.

On residensea, the ship condo concept, residents spend upward of several million dollars for relatively small spaces. Money is not an issue for the niche of the market. And the attraction of not having mobility issues, perhaps longer lifespan, and easier lifespan, and the novelty of being in the ultimate exclusive living space would certainly be attractive. Hehe, literally Gods waiting room, half way between Earth and Heaven, floating above it all.....

Undersea living, except in the shallowest areas, is dark, nothing to see because of the lack of light, the higher cost because of the sea pressure, dander from decompressing too quickly, etc. doesnt seem as appealing and therefor not really a "thing" for future inhabitants to consider as an option. Floating cities I can see. Underwater cities, no.