Why did humans decide to settle down in very harsh environments like Siberia or the Saharan Desert, why not live in places more moderate and more accepting to life and civilization?
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In addition to what other people have said, it’s worth remembering that people in the past didn’t exactly have cars or the internet.
If you were born into a harsh environment, how would you even know that there’s a much nicer place just 200 miles to the south? And even if you did know about it, how would you get there safely? How would you make sure you were going in the right direction for the entire journey? The journey could easily be more dangerous than just staying in the place you were born, and it would be full of unknowns. Maybe that place kinda sucks, but at least it’s familiar.
If people found themselves in a tough environment, but they figured out a way to survive there… there’s not much reason for them to leave.
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