Ever Wonder?
Posted in Random Nonsense on 01/23/2007 09:44 pm by toriSometimes, I wonder why people live where they live. I don’t mean specific towns or even homes, but regions of the world.
I was born in Chicago, Mom’s from Wisconsin, Dad’s from NYC (born just after his parents immigrated from England and Germany). All of these areas of the world are damn cold. I’m not just talking sort of chilly, need a blanket cold - but really bundle up cold.
Why does so much of the world live in inhospitable conditions? I watched that “Walking with Caveman” show on Discovery (hosted by a less than enthusiastic and somewhat drunk sounding Alec Baldwin), and I understand how Homo sapiens came to these regions, but why did we stay after the whole ice age dealie? By we, I mean my direct ancestors, of course…
Well, I know I’m not stuck, not really - I’ve lived in upstate NY for 90+% of my life, and this probably won’t change anytime soon, but it could. I just guess I wonder what caused some families and clans to evolve to survive the cold, and why I didn’t seem to get those evolutionary skills. Damn I hate ice and snow. Perhaps we’ve just become weak… or I just have. I’m going to go sip some hot chocolate and ponder a tropical vacation.