Re: Re: [OT]Anti-americanism? (FMA)

Don M wrote:

> > >Sociologists agree that in the realm of colonization
> > of space and planets etc. 5,000 persons is the upper limit because
>anything
> > over that and humans break down but, anything less would be 
>unsustainable.

*SNIP*

>A NASA study done in 1990 (I think). I only remember it because the
>conclusion it reached. The ideal human settlement was the old classic
>city-state, with out lying farms etc..

Sounds plausible, and makes for interesting early colonial period game 
settings, especially if you have a fictional setting with planets around

closer systems, maybe even reachable via sub-C travel.	Gives you an
even 
deeper sense of remoteness on such colonies.

3B^2

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