Dangerous places where people actually live: The earth is our home, the place that nourishes us and shelters us from the cradle to the grave, so we kind of expect it to be a uniform habitable place for all of us. But this is patently not the case. Outside of the cozy little modern nests that have been fashioned for us oh so carefully – barring the odd natural disaster – we are easily sheltered from harm and the many dangers that still pose a threat to us, out in the big lonely and wide world.
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Because of the natural security of many of us in the western world, we forget our vulnerability in the wilderness, we are only an apex predator if we have the upper hand and the ability to outsmart another apex predator. Despite our creature comforts, the extremes in climate and nature and animal threats abound. Yet there are still those in the developing world who live on the teetering edge of nature’s chaos every day. There are even individuals in the west that have shunned the frenetic pace and comforts contained therein amid the rat race and returned to the call of the wild.
Furthermore, there are those who do continue their existence to endure in the throes of the modern world and choose to do so in the most bizarre and non-conforming ways, whether it be through mind boggling architecture, making the most of limited space or living in a weird location. There is no limit to how adaptable a human can be at times, even at times when this said adaptability is an almighty head scratcher among their peers and the rest of the world. Here is a list gathered together of a bunch of peculiar dwellings and harsh habitats humanity have taken themselves up in.
10. Island House on St. Lawrence River
via whenonearth.net
Nestled between the border of the USA and Canada, two of the largest countries on earth, is a house built on a plot so small that there is just enough room to contain the house. Filling an island on the St. Lawrence River dividing the State of New York and the Canadian Province of Ontario, is a house that may as well be boating leisurely along the river. Aptly dubbed “Just Room Enough,” the island was purchased by the Sizeland Family in the 1950s in order to escape the frenetic rat race of modern day life. Ironically however, the family’s yearning for solitude took a bitter twist and the house is now a tourist destination. There is something awe inspiring about a house that could lead to one stumbling into the river by accidentally strolling too far would no doubt be a subject of wonder by the general public. Just one of the many questions surrounding the house, others including electrics, plumbing and just, why?
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