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tberk

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:09 am
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Or maybe a Colonist?

Given the Known Space frame of reference why would anyone remain
willingly on Earth? otoh- Why would anyone live in a can like Belters do?

What could get you to do the colonist thing and risk life, limb and
fortune to stake out a plot on an mostly undiscovered world?


Me, I find some romance in being off-planet. Now this might be just a
case of wanting what you don't have, grass is greener type thinking.

Still, I think I would make a good Belter, although homesteading would
be a less lonely life. (Most anywhere would be OK, except Plateau
pre-revolution.)


TBerk

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:09 am
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In article <jmtYc.13200$KS2.12957@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>,
T <tberk.RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 >
 >Or maybe a Colonist?
 >
 >Given the Known Space frame of reference why would anyone remain
 >willingly on Earth?

  High standard of living, reasonably long life for the law-
abiding.

 > otoh- Why would anyone live in a can like Belters do?

 >What could get you to do the colonist thing and risk life, limb and
 >fortune to stake out a plot on an mostly undiscovered world?

  A complete ignorance of the crappy programming that went
into the ram-robots.

 >Me, I find some romance in being off-planet. Now this might be just a
 >case of wanting what you don't have, grass is greener type thinking.
 >
 >Still, I think I would make a good Belter, although homesteading would
 >be a less lonely life. (Most anywhere would be OK, except Plateau
 >pre-revolution.)

  Let's see, these were the stars within reach of the pre-FTL
UN as I recall:

  Wunderland: stratifed society, right?

  Home: colony died off due to plague, unoccupied for the next 200
years.

  Jinx: Welcome to heavyworld.

  Plateau: extremely stratified society.

  We Made It: better hope you brought shovels.

    James Nicoll
--
"I mean, you don't seem like a bad guy to me..."
"I don't? I got a death touch, an army of killer robots and a skull
drawn on my chest and I don't look like a bad guy to you? I think
you could be in the wrong business."<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:09 am
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 > Or maybe a Colonist?
 >

That's me, colonist on Jinx, sign me up I want to go NOW!

Some people think I am crazy for feeling that way, but Jinx has 6 times the
surface area of the Earth with twice the habitable area. Don't have to
worry about my kids being crowded into city life unless they really want it.


Allen W.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:45 am
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<< Given the Known Space frame of reference why would anyone remain
willingly on Earth? >>

Earth sounds great to me. Go exploring any time you want. I'd like to be
Elephant.

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