>It would be cool if there was more building development overwater. As a matter of fact just imagine building a white ethno-state in the middle of the Ocean kek. Seasteading is epic. Trouble is... if it comes to that it'd make a very exposed target. > The only downsides to building such structures and communities is that the harsh weather and waves of the seas will give these little floating houses a rough time. Plenty of free floating oil rigs in the world, they're not as big as you think either. If an ocean going structure is designed to sit there rather than move around the place constantly they can end up absorbing very little wave energy. >Also there is a risk of aquatic sea life hitting your floating boat when it is breaching. A whale jumping on top of your floating house will also be a dangerous possibility. That's not a serious risk, whales aren't blind retards, they avoid large objects just like we do.