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Lands around volcanoes are extremely fertile due to the ash that gathers. For some people the risk is worth it for a gaurantee that they won't starve in the short term. Remember that they were poor in a way that we can't imagine, desperately poor and displaced even before they moved there. So I think that might explain why they built it there... as for going back for stuff... they must have thought it was worth it. I don't know if they fully understod the risk or if they just thought it would all be worth it if they pulled it off. Either way, I am with you here, looking back on it it was a incredibly daft thing to do.
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