The world is a weird and dangerous place. There’s just so many strange habits people have and strange things that people do. While the weirdness of the human race gets a spotlight put on it through the Internet, one of the more fascinating things people do is build homes. Well, building houses isn’t really the unique part. Rather, it’s where these people tend to build the houses that leave people scratching their heads.

If you had a choice to choose building a house in a city, the countryside, or somewhere in between, which would you choose? Whatever answer you chose, I doubt you included squishing your house between two apartment buildings. Or chose to live in a desert. As wacky as these things sound, they are all too real.

While some people may not have much of a choice as to where they live, it is still mind boggling as to why some of these people are calling these locations “home”. With polar bears roaming right outside your window, wouldn’t you be a bit frightened? Or, how about living in a single room for decades? Yes, that also happened.

This compilation showcases the most perilous locations where individuals have chosen to establish their residences. Spanning from the eccentric to the hazardous and the utterly peculiar, this list leaves you perplexed. What drives these individuals to make such choices? Why would they knowingly subject themselves to potential harm? And what reasons lie behind their decision to remain in these areas? The answers are for you to discern. If you happen to find your own locality featured on this list, it might be wise to reconsider your place of residence, as it could be deemed excessively hazardous.