In the clouds float homes. They sit atop ships as big as cities or, in rare cases, states and sometimes as small as little dingy. Like most human-made ornaments that decorate each part of the world, they all started out as solutions for a variety of different problems. And, as time as gone on, most have either become obsolete or created new problems to deal with.

Many of the medium sized (about the size of a mega yacht) ships were made for luxury. You can live anywhere with the best views. And don’t have to mingle with the peasants. Eventually, similar knock of luxury ships were made like cruise ships for the masses.

Floating homes seemed like a great idea to deal with the lack of available housing. The land is running out of space (both where people want to live and CAN live). Small towns or houses were added to the skies. Sometimes this was beneficial. Sometimes this was another way people could prevent themselves from interacting with people they didn’t want to mingle with.

As time went on, it seemed really hard to make a sustainable version work. Particularly, versions that had to constantly interact with the ground. It takes a lot of energy to send someone up and down from the sky. Waste needs to go somewhere. The constant need to upgrade ships, shed waste, and the infeasible costs that lead to abandonment meant there was lots of waste floating about and eventually falling to the ground.

If people on these floating cities choose to stay in the air most of the time, Isolation could take a toll. Visiting one of these cities was usually a bad idea. In the best case, you were a novelty. Most likely you were a poor outsider. It wasn’t uncommon for you not to return.

It tended to be expensive to support that lifestyle and the need to constantly upgrade ships. There wasn’t a great variety of ways to support oneself from the skies, especially given to living cost. Piracy was the cheapest. Pirates often floated around on smaller boats. They were cheaper and could maneuver through the graveyard of old ships. Most people had their earlier generations invest in the floating cities themselves. While it was hard to support the needs of people, it was relatively easy to support growing food or automatic factories. With how limited land on the ground was, making new ground that was safer from thieves was valuable and had a high startup cost. In rare cases, you could make a living off of research. Either from studying the unique conditions of flying (often to make it better for those currently flying) or getting some peace away from the ground.

Bye,

Lucas

In the clouds float homes. They sit atop ships as big as cities or, in rare cases, states and sometimes as small as little dingy. Like most human-made ornaments that decorate each part of the world, they all started out as solutions for a variety of different problems. And, as time as gone on, most have either become obsolete or created new problems to deal with.

Many of the medium sized (about the size of a mega yacht) ships were made for luxury. You can live anywhere with the best views. And don’t have to mingle with the peasants. Eventually, similar knock of luxury ships were made like cruise ships for the masses.

Floating homes seemed like a great idea to deal with the lack of available housing. The land is running out of space (both where people want to live and CAN live). Small towns or houses were added to the skies. Sometimes this was beneficial. Sometimes this was another way people could prevent themselves from interacting with people they didn’t want to mingle with.

As time went on, it seemed really hard to make a sustainable version work. Particularly, versions that had to constantly interact with the ground. It takes a lot of energy to send someone up and down from the sky. Waste needs to go somewhere. The constant need to upgrade ships, shed waste, and the infeasible costs that lead to abandonment meant there was lots of waste floating about and eventually falling to the ground.

If people on these floating cities choose to stay in the air most of the time, Isolation could take a toll. Visiting one of these cities was usually a bad idea. In the best case, you were a novelty. Most likely you were a poor outsider. It wasn’t uncommon for you not to return.

It tended to be expensive to support that lifestyle and the need to constantly upgrade ships. There wasn’t a great variety of ways to support oneself from the skies, especially given to living cost. Piracy was the cheapest. Pirates often floated around on smaller boats. They were cheaper and could maneuver through the graveyard of old ships. Most people had their earlier generations invest in the floating cities themselves. While it was hard to support the needs of people, it was relatively easy to support growing food or automatic factories. With how limited land on the ground was, making new ground that was safer from thieves was valuable and had a high startup cost. In rare cases, you could make a living off of research. Either from studying the unique conditions of flying (often to make it better for those currently flying) or getting some peace away from the ground.

Bye,

Lucas