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This Tiny Island In The Middle Of Nowhere Has 48 Residents. They need more population! Why don't we all just move here and set up camp?

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I guessed it before I even saw it.

The Bounty is one of my favourite movies of all time. I saw that ship in Vancouver, BC in 1989 or 1990 before it sank years later. The earlier Mutiny On The Bounty remakes are terrific too. I even read Captain Bligh's published account, both fascinating and tedious at the same time (lots of navigation notes). At fifteen in 1986 I spent a summer on the tall ship HMS Playfair. I was fortunate enough to be an advanced sailor, teacher, life guard, record store clerk, and DJ in my teens. Like The Bounty my moody Act 3A "Drift" of my Bittersweet Seeds story takes place on a tall ship.

While it's certainly isolated, I'm not sure Pitcairn Island is the best place to settle.

A few years ago I saw an article or video, now lost in my foggy memory, that took all the factors into consideration, hurricanes, flooding, fire, heatwaves, temperate winters, tornadoes, water, crop potential, minimal population, access to goods, services, utilities, etc etc etc - and it claimed that Jackson County, Florida was the best place to buy property and start your own DIY lifestyle thing. Since then I know that Florida has been going apeshit on off-grid people, so maybe not anymore.