Utari's Puppies (Formerly Off-Topic Thread)

[Jev_North]

Since we’re digressing into general macroeconomics rather than the Achura situation:

@Veikitamo_Gesakaarin

Given the amount of already terraformed worlds, there isn’t exactly some kind of overpopulation crisis that would mandate having to go boots in to take new living space. Arcological megacities tend to be rather efficient in achieving high urban densities in both vertical directions which doesn’t require much actual land house to provide sufficient population housing.

I imagine the main factor is that return on investment in your arcology’s infrastructure scales about linearly, whereas leasing colonization rights to a bunch of homesteaders costs you next to nothing, pays for even that much over a fraction of the term of the lease, and, if successful, grows into a giant future market.