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    $\begingroup$ Basically this. You could just as well ask why people live on boats, or islands, or mountains, or in the frozen tundra. Very insightful writeup. $\endgroup$
    – Wildcard
    Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 2:07
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    $\begingroup$ And there's the second part, where you can get rid of the things you didn't like where you used to live. Say, forbidden drugs or taxes (of course, they might make a comeback later, but that might be a decent motivation). In more general terms - make your own life, on a new world - on the ultimate frontier. Political and religious motivation has been driving individual colonists all over the world. $\endgroup$
    – Luaan
    Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 13:07
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    $\begingroup$ @Luaan That is another good point, and would mostly run parallel to the whole expansion point that I made. Get enough people together and you are going to get clumps of them that have the same beliefs. If you have a group who believes/wants something that the majority don't then you have a prime candidate for colonization a la the Pilgrims. Basically, the real answer to the OP is going to be human nature $\endgroup$
    – D.Spetz
    Commented Jan 12, 2017 at 14:07