62 people live on this island in the middle of nowhere

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im having WAY too much fun wandering around this island via streetview.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.06...zpceqRvyr6ILoHNdVQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
 

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Adamstown has a population of 56, which is the entire population of the Pitcairn Islands: all the other islands in the group are uninhabited. Adamstown is where most residents eat, drink and sleep, while they grow food in other areas of the island.[2]

The hamlet is the second smallest capital in the world. It has access to television, satellite internet, and a telephone. The main means of communication is still the ham radio. According to Google Maps, the only named road in the capital is called "The Hill of Difficulty".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamstown,_Pitcairn_Islands
 

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welp this is creepy too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_of_2004

Pitcairn's 47 inhabitants, almost all of whom are interrelated, were bitterly divided by the charges against what constituted most of the adult male population. Many Pitcairn Island men blamed the British police for persuading the women involved to press charges. Some of the women agreed. Sources close to the case said that when several women withdrew their charges it was due to family pressure.

On 28 September 2004, Olive Christian, wife of the accused mayor, daughter of Len Brown and mother of Randy Christian, both of whom were also among those accused, called a meeting of thirteen of the island's women, representing three generations at her home, Big Fence, to "defend" the island's menfolk. Claiming that underage sex had been accepted as a Polynesian tradition since the settlement of the island in 1790, Olive Christian said of her girlhood, "We all thought sex was like food on the table." Christian’s two daughters also said that they had both been sexually active from the age of 12, with one of them claiming that she started having sex at 13, "and I felt hot shit about it, too." They and other women present at the meeting, who endorsed their view that underage sex was normal on Pitcairn, stated emphatically that all of the alleged rape victims had been willing participants.[10]

Charlene Warren, who withdrew charges against a Pitcairn man, claimed that detectives had offered her money to testify; when pressed, she clarified that the money referred to statutory "compensation for victims of crime."[10] Some women came up with a conspiracy theory that the trial was part of "a British plot to jail the [community's] able-bodied men and 'close' the island." "They've picked on all the viable young men, the ones who are the backbone of this place," said one, Meralda Warren.[10]

Not all women on the island were such defenders. Some present at the Big Fence meeting sat "silent and appeared ill at ease," giving reporters the impression that they did not hold the same views.[10]

Many of the islanders boycotted the trial. "It's better for me not to know who's charged with what, so that I can still look them in the face as mates," one islander said. "We still have to work together to keep this place going." While many islanders remain fearful that the outcome of the trial could sound the death-knell of the tiny state, others expressed optimism that it could mark a new beginning for Pitcairn as people previously excluded from the power structure would find themselves needed and appreciated for their skills and contributions in a new way.

Many Pitcairners felt unfairly treated; for instance, Mike Warren said the whole trial was a "setup" from the start. Former Pitcairn resident Reeve Cooze expressed the sentiments of many islanders on Radio New Zealand when he declared, "The Pitcairn people have been bullied."[11]
 

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How they hell do they afford it? Its 60 people on a fucking island :rofl: How do they even get gas regularly for their quad cars? Its gotta be costly just to get a tanker out there to refuel once in awhile...do they pay with tomatoes?
 

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How they hell do they afford it? Its 60 people on a fucking island :rofl: How do they even get gas regularly for their quad cars? Its gotta be costly just to get a tanker out there to refuel once in awhile...do they pay with tomatoes?
Whole island is on Government aid since 2004. It is the only thing keeping it alive. They used to sell stamps and used to be able to sell to passing boats but those are minimal now.
 
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