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All cities more populous than every other city north of them (lemmy.sdf.org)

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[–] cmbabul 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who the fuck decide to live in Alert, like that was a reasonable idea

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone chooses to live in Alert. They are assigned 6-month tours of duty there.

[–] cmbabul 6 points 1 year ago

At some point someone made a decision that people should live there

[–] yildolw 4 points 1 year ago

It's a military base. Russian bombers and ICBMs would fly over Alert in order to attack Toronto, therefore someone has to be there. The Arctic is also a contentious area for oil and gas exploration and as a way to bypass the Suez and Panama canals