The Most Crowded Island on Earth

[xpian]

From Ken Jennings (yes, that Ken Jennings) at cntraveller.com :

"The Archipelago of San Bernardo is a scatter of tiny islands in Colombia's Gulf of Morrosquillo. Just a two-hour journey southwest of Cartagena through crystalline Caribbean waters lies the smallest isle in the archipelago, Santa Cruz del Islote. Though it's only 2.4 acres in size, Santa Cruz is home to over 1,200 people. That's four times as dense as Manhattan—and with no high-rises at all, just tiny one-story houses linked by a maze of alleyways."

[snodsy]

That's awesome you should do a map like that.

[Chick]

Yikes! Gives me the shivers to even think about living there. Don't buy property, sea level rise should reach that area in about 20 years now. Those houses are going to float away.

[J.Edward]

My question, whenever I see places like this, is why on earth do people do that?
Surely there's a better life on the mainland...

[Midgardsormr]

Yikes! Gives me the shivers to even think about living there. Don't buy property, sea level rise should reach that area in about 20 years now. Those houses are going to float away.

Sounds like there's a good business opportunity selling them pontoons. The island slowly tranforms into a flotilla.

[Diamond]

My question, whenever I see places like this, is why on earth do people do that?
Surely there's a better life on the mainland...

Dry Land is a myth!