Simple, Economics.
People will go where there are jobs and money, right? And in many 3rd tier economies the standard of living is, at best, marginal. And remember that the first bit of unreal estate (the Island) was originally built somewhere in africa. So I can see any number of non "WASP" types dreaming of getting into space where they'd be free from local oppression and have a chance at a much better lifestyle than they have at home.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
People will go where there are jobs and money, right? And in many 3rd tier economies the standard of living is, at best, marginal. And remember that the first bit of unreal estate (the Island) was originally built somewhere in africa. So I can see any number of non "WASP" types dreaming of getting into space where they'd be free from local oppression and have a chance at a much better lifestyle than they have at home.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children