"Yeah, it's not a good time now," I allow with a nod. "It'll be interesting to see if any people decide to head over to the west side once it gets warm again. Personally, I plan to stay where I'm at."

It seems to me the more logical course to stay near other people in a place like this, but there's no predicting population growth or shrinkage in this place, and some people are just dogged loners.