Why do some people think/believe Montserrat should be abandoned?

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Why do some of the islands residents want to stay on the island in spite of the eruptions?

There are lots of reasons for this. One reason is due to lot’s of people living on Montserrat are far too poor to travel or move out of the country. This is because on Montserrat there have been recent earthquakes that destroyed people’s businesses and farm land which means they can’t earn any money to travel in the south or develop in the north. But Montserrat isn’t completely destroyed, which means Montserrat has a chance of development in the north where it’s far away from the volcano and people’s businesses and farm land won’t get destroyed. However in the north, there is wild life and nature which would have to be cut down which means Montserrat won’t get any business for tourism which also means it won’t be sustainable. The bad point about development for Montserrat means if the people living on Montserrat don’t have any money for the development, we (British government) will have to lend them builders, road layers, and wood choppers. This is a lot of money for us to spend on development for the country because we have other things to spend money on.

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Besides development for Montserrat, there is a community which people have lived in Montserrat all their lives. So it would be hard for the people living in Montserrat to move out of the community and leave your friends behind. Even though it’s a small community/country, it’s a happy traditional community where people dance and grow their own crops and food which means people would happy live with. This attracts people from all over the world, which gives tourism because some people living in rich countries for example England or America love to experience very different life styles and traditions ...

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