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Should we A) colonise other planets or B) build habitats in the middle of space, like O'Neill Cylinders and stuff? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by KevinFromSpace@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

140k people is about the amount of people living in a 1km radius around you, if you live in some inner city area.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 month ago

You could have most people in a relatively small area with the rest for farming.

There would be little need for the equivalent of roads, almost all travel would be walk or bike. The longest distance between two points is less than 34km. If the main settlement is in a ring around the middle of the cylinder, it is less than 17km to any point.