People often tend to choose to live in places that are not
safe. This may be because of volcanoes or earthquakes or floods. There can be many
reasons why they choose to live in such places. In the case of volcanoes, the most
important reasons include:
- Lack of a feeling of
real risk. A volcano might be dormant for centuries and therefore people will feel
little fear of it. They will not be deterred from living near it because they do not
think it will erupt. - The volcano may be near to an area
that is otherwise ideal for a city. The Seattle area in the United States is an example
of this. Mount Rainier is very close to this area but a city grew up there anyway
because of its ideal location on Puget
Sound.
Looked at like this, there are
relatively few "costs" to living near a volcano since it is unlikely to erupt. At the
same time, there can be major benefits to living in such a place. For these reasons,
people often live near volcanoes.
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