[JimRed]

Other than the spectacular view from there, what advantage is there to living long-term on the moon?

[fidelis]

As a first step and practice for perhaps someday living on other planets?

[Red Badger]

Health reasons, possibly, longevity of people’s lives.

But the biggie is H3:

H3 mining:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3

China is going to mine the Moon for helium-3 fusion fuel:

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/197784-china-is-going-to-mine-the-moon-for-helium-3-fusion-fuel

[COBOL2Java]

Other than the spectacular view from there, what advantage is there to living long-term on the moon?

We'll sell the ChiComms on needing a full-time consultant

[dangus]

Alas, the only way to live on the moon is permanent relocation.

Some day, we’ll need a colony on the moon, to help build rings around the Sun, for after out population on Earth passes a few hundred billion. Until then...

[treetopsandroofs]

“Other than the spectacular view from there, what advantage is there to living long-term on the moon?”

I’ve thought for many years it would be nice to send our worst criminals there one-way, like Botany Bay (not the space ship).

It worked ok for Australia, although perhaps not so much for the residents already previously there. On the moon, they wouldn’t displace anyone.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Other than the spectacular view from there, what advantage is there to living long-term on the moon?

Acrobatic sex in low gravity?

[bk1000]

Dear NASA, there is no air or water on the moon. It does not seem wise to build in an area that does not contain those things.