Why aren't we building home out at see?

[SleepingStandingUp]

There's a population crisis and a lack of affordable homes and space to build etc so how come more countries don't build out from their coasts, or actually out at see. Watching the world spin and virtually a solid half is just sea! Why aren't more countries claiming territory and building their own extensions?

The seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake

Geez, I was only gone an hour. I'll read them all and pick where I want to put my new home 😂

@DickMabutt73962

Why don't we just move to mars?

Commute times are a killer

@SleepingStandingUp

There's a population crisis and a lack of affordable homes and space to build etc so how come more countries don't build out from their coasts, or actually out at see. Watching the world spin and virtually a solid half is just sea! Why aren't more countries claiming territory and building their own extensions?

Do you mean the SEA?

@DickMabutt73962

Why don't we just move to mars?

This made me laugh out loud

The water levels are rising, have you not heard?

@MrKlaw

we build on hardly any of the land. The green belt is held up as this sacrosant thing but hasn't been around that long. also a green belt is a thin strip not the entire countryside. We need to build more houses fast to make them affordable. We can't just squash more into the towns we have with the roads we have - can't be sustainable. We need more new towns and if that means building on some of the unused countryside so be it. It can be done with care and in a controlled manner

No, we need fewer people. Why should having zero grass be a target?

Because the fish wouldn't like it. I mean what if we build on THEIR home? Anyway there are big scary things like sharks, big stingy jelly fish and sea monsters that I don't want to tangle with - imagine if they popped in for breakfast

Seriously it would be massively expensive, rather impractical and potentially very unsafe in bad weather. Also I imagine sorting out stable foundations on literally shifting sands would be problematic.

Laying underwater cables is one thing but entire infrastructures would be quite another

@edwinbear

Although to be fair, if I won the lottery I'd love to live in something akin to the Octonauts Octopod.

It's possible I watch to much of this too

@ItsSnowJokes

We need to build on the land we do have before pie in the sky plans of building on water!

Less than 10% of the UK is currently built on.

What % of France is built on? Or New Zealand?

Because it’s being used by sea creatures.

@EmpressCixi

In all seriousness, I do know OAPs that have retired to cruise ships. It’s apparently cheaper than a active retirement home plus the foreign travel is built in. So I do think there is a market for more OAPs selling up their land based homes, and sending them off in floating cities to travel the world in retirement.

This is a great idea!

@WorstXmasEver

...Because it would be vastly expensive compared to building high rise flats etc or letting less polskis settle in the country.

@AgathaX

Did you give this any thought at all before you posted here, OP?

Not really, I just stared at the spinning earth and the vast oceans a d pondered out loud with my fingers

@SleepingStandingUp 'Virtually a solid HALF is see (sea!)'

Try 70%! Over two thirds actually. Not half!

@Bagamoyo1

www.statista.com/statistics/1104997/land-use-in-france/

I'd love to live on an abandoned oil rig.
Internet may be a problem... And nipping out to the shops... And hospitals are a bit far and fire? Jump in the sea I guess if your arse catches fire.
What could go wrong?

@SleepingStandingUp ‘Not really, I just stared at the spinning earth and the vast oceans a d pondered out loud with my fingers’

So you’re out in space, watching the earth spin?

😃

Off you pop then op. Go build a home at sea.

Look up the concerns the world’s land reclamation experts, the Dutch, have about rising sea levels on the way.

Oh it hasn't posted most of my reply.
Thank you to anyone posting real examples or proper answers, and to anyone posting humorous replies.

Aside from all the other issues it would completely fuck with the ecosystems.

We've pillaged the oceans enough as it is without building more frigging islands.

I guessing the waves would cause some hassle
Plus where would you park?
You don't want to have to be leaving your car at the pier so you can paddle home after a long day's work.

Think on OP.

In the sea - I think construction costs are high and salt water in very corrosive to most materials.

However reclaimed land - 17% of the total land area of the Netherlands is land reclaimed from either sea or lakes so that's possible. I think we're projected to lose a fair bit of land due to increaded erosion levels and rising tides.

Mind you ther'e had issues with getting permisson with wind farms off the coast here - there was a massive project that was only allowed when it was really scaled back - though they've had similar with solar farm on land and tidal power project cant get off the ground - all apparently on environmental grounds - and UK government small nunclear plants are being opposed - all while when a climate emergency has been declared - so maybe this is the future - retro fitting all our houses to cope with sea water.

@alorslanon

Mate…

I’m going to start using this on looney threads. I’m off to post it on the latest thread from someone starting a new job a week before giving birth