Would you live in the most beautiful city in the world if...

... it rested at the base of an active volcano? The city is not only the most beautiful city in the world, but also the most affordable to live in. Everyone and everything prospers. There's only one catch... historic and scientific evidence has plotted a timeline that points to an impending erruption that could level this city under a river of lava or bury it under ash from a pyrocrastic flow. You're looking at a potential erruption anywhere from five to two hundred years. It's easy to move there, easy to live there, but do you take the risk? You want to start a business and a family, and your best bet is to move to this city, but again, do you take the risk?

Personally, I think I might. I'd hope that we develop some kind of warning system that alerts us to an erruption early enough to evacuate. So, if I lived in this city, I'd make sure I save as much as I can in case I had to take off in a hurry.

Growing up my folks had a place in Hawaii, so I'm not afraid of living at the base of a giant, active, volcano.

Beer makes everything better.

who wouldnt wanna live in Pompeii II?Allicrombie

Yeah sure I would.

Even if the Volcano Insurance was quite costly the awesomeness of the affordable town would counteract this niggling expenditure.

Well if the volcano isn't going to erupt for a potential 200 hundred years, then yeah I guess would.xdude85

[QUOTE="xdude85"]Well if the volcano isn't going to erupt for a potential 200 hundred years, then yeah I guess would.JustPlainLucas

I'm willing to take that risk. ;)

Nah. I'm sure the second most beautiful place is safer.

ah, but if I moved there the most beautiful place in the world would become mundane and I would lose my romanticizedfeelings about it.

I'm not sure, but I think I would.

No, I live in a pretty beautiful place as it is. And there's a little problem with languages that keeps me from moving to another country.

I think they can predict volcanic eruptions, as they're usually proceeded by lots of seismic activity. Not that they're 100% accurate, but at least its something.

Just always wear a pair of running shoes.

Probably not permanantly. Maybe for a few years though, yeah. I'd try and live close to the water, and I'd own a boat so I could cheese it.

I've thought about a similar concept before. About going to school in / living in British Columbia (it's near the ocean, looks sexy, and the weather seems pretty good), but a nearby faultline and it supposedly being overdue scares me, even if it shouldn't (especially becuase it was the History Channel/Discover Channel that told me that...). It's across the country from where I live so I doubt I'd end up going anyway.

A big earthquake scares me more than a volcano because I figure I'd have a clearer a warning before an eruption.

Nope. I could careless about the beauty of a city. It's all about the entertainment aspects for me.

nope.