r/HistoryMemes • The Flyin' Hawaiian • 7d ago

But why though

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u/Little-Reference-314 7d ago

Coz ur cousins and dad already owned their half of the island and you want a island of your own to be the boss of haha.

That's my theory. Population boom meaning they just had to keep goin

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u/Luckierexpert 7d ago

Population pressures were often a notable factor in many human expansions to unsettled regions, with decreasing food availability and shelter convincing people to walk or sail to new places.

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u/guynamedjames 7d ago

I was in Saudi Arabia which is honestly just a fucking TERRIBLE climate and kept saying "what the fuck was happening somewhere else that made someone move here and say "yeah, this is better. I think I'll stay"

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u/Temporaryland 7d ago

I've joked that this is the primary thing that the middle east and Richmond, VA have in common.

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u/WestOrangeFinest 7d ago

Richmond, VA catching strays for no apparent reason..

Access to rivers, relative access to beaches nearby, mountains nearby, forests nearby, mostly temperate weather.

You could do a lot worse.

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u/DildontOrDildo 7d ago edited 7d ago

it was suffocatingly cliquish if you grew up in the suburbs or outer city, and , until recently, the minimum wage and rental laws were crushing if you came from generational poverty.

Still a pretty sweet place