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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6220565" data-attributes="member: 2093"><p>Yeah, it was a pretty silly situation. Worthy of an eye-roll. Like you, I would have increased the population, and NO MATTER what they said, I'd have assumed there were at least the same number if not 2-3x the number of people living nearby in outlying farms. You just can't have EVERYONE living in the village, UNLESS there are very specific reasons. In some areas of Russia or nearby countries, for example, the villages were walled with&nbsp; high earthen walls, and everyone lived inside. There were two very good reasons; 1) wolves, and 2) winter storms/blizzards. Both made living in the open, without shelter, a very risky proposition. In very bad winters, the snow literally filled the walls, and they tunneled from house to house. If you were on your own in an isolated farmhouse, you'd better have 2-3 months worth of firewood, water and food stored up. And not need to get&nbsp; to the barn to care for your animals (most likely, house and barn were the same building).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 6220565, member: 2093"] Yeah, it was a pretty silly situation. Worthy of an eye-roll. Like you, I would have increased the population, and NO MATTER what they said, I'd have assumed there were at least the same number if not 2-3x the number of people living nearby in outlying farms. You just can't have EVERYONE living in the village, UNLESS there are very specific reasons. In some areas of Russia or nearby countries, for example, the villages were walled with high earthen walls, and everyone lived inside. There were two very good reasons; 1) wolves, and 2) winter storms/blizzards. Both made living in the open, without shelter, a very risky proposition. In very bad winters, the snow literally filled the walls, and they tunneled from house to house. If you were on your own in an isolated farmhouse, you'd better have 2-3 months worth of firewood, water and food stored up. And not need to get to the barn to care for your animals (most likely, house and barn were the same building). [/QUOTE]

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