osiris775 t1_j1w4se8 wrote
Reply to comment by Zman6258 in Western NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos by novotlr
I've always been curious about world population and the expansion of human kind on earth. I am not trying to be insensitive to current conditions. As a California native, I've always wondered how people live where they live. Phoenix. Buffalo. Minnesota. Las Vegas.
Like...why did people CHOOSE to live there?
SpaceMonkeyOnABike t1_j1w6vmw wrote
>Like...why did people CHOOSE to live there?
For cold places it was often the availability of red meat and hides of animals. Both of which are valuable for human development.
osiris775 t1_j1w80zu wrote
I understand that part. But a place like Las Vegas is literally a created city. I understand the nefarious underground, but eventually, 2mill+ still had to CHOOSE to be there. The populations of humanity, and again, not to be insensitive to circumstances, it has always been a curiosity as to...not how humans ended up where they are. But WHY are humans still where they are
Maybe I'm asking an evolutionary question?
Kjartanski t1_j1wrok6 wrote
Because by leveraging the resources of other areas, such as water, and power for cooling, it was made liveable, and then sustained by economic activity using those resources
thirstyross t1_j1xadf0 wrote
> But a place like Las Vegas is literally a created city
What city isn't a "created city"? Think the answer is the same for any city.
Alcopaulics t1_j1xdiqr wrote
Nah every other city, people just coincidentally arranged themselves in a grid. It was bizarre
osiris775 t1_j1xjcy7 wrote
Yes. But there was choice and reason. San Francisco, for example was built on the gold rush.
I understand there are nuances. What I have always been curious about is (Phoenix as example), why would you MOVE here?
Humans are amazing creatures. Most of history teaches us that civilizations are close to water and fertile land. That makes sense
I've been to Dallas/Fort worth/Arlington area several years in a row for job training. The local people didn't understand how I could live in Cali. We have earthquakes. I couldn't understand how/why they live in Texas. They have tornado "SEASON "
of-matter t1_j1wt64r wrote
Buffalo and Niagara falls used to be centers for heavy industry. Logging, steel manufacturing, chemical manufacturing were all huge industries there.
If you're asking about why groups of people have different personal preferences, I'd have to assume it's related to our ability as a species to adapt to different environments.
SynthFrog t1_j1xvuhy wrote
>As a California native, I've always wondered how people live where they live. >Phoenix. Buffalo. Minnesota. Las Vegas. > >Like...why did people CHOOSE to live there?
You can say that about anywhere though. Parts of the west coast have have wild fires, volcanoes, droughts, earthquakes. And just for the states in general, you also have tornados, hurricanes, blizzards. There's freezing temps, really hot temps, high humidity. Some areas have more dangerous wildlife. Each area has it's pros and cons, so I thinks it's just a case of people learning to adapt to the cons to have access to the pros.
For a historic point of view about why people would live in the Buffalo/Niagara region... the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal.
justcallmesensei t1_j1y838a wrote
Hey now, Minnesota isn’t THAT bad. Have you ever even been here?
Zman6258 t1_j1x133x wrote
Cheap housing, right next to the border, decent amount of finance sector and manufacturing jobs.
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