There are “only” around 150 Federation planets in the TNG era, probably most with extremely high quality of life like Earth, but you might not feel as welcome there. I mean imagine living on Vulcan, sheesh.
There are thousands of colonies and room for lots more, but colony life is dangerous and relatively rough.
I mean there’s only so much ocean view property in San Francisco available. But I think you’re right about transporters and replicators - with the ability to go anywhere nothing needs to be novel, and everyone is basically free to homestead wherever they want without actually having to work.
There are “only” around 150 Federation planets in the TNG era, probably most with extremely high quality of life like Earth, but you might not feel as welcome there. I mean imagine living on Vulcan, sheesh.
There are thousands of colonies and room for lots more, but colony life is dangerous and relatively rough.
I mean there’s only so much ocean view property in San Francisco available. But I think you’re right about transporters and replicators - with the ability to go anywhere nothing needs to be novel, and everyone is basically free to homestead wherever they want without actually having to work.
Maybe they figured out how to make timeshares non-predatory?