Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27312496-20170205195843/@comment-26397825-20170215041137

The transcript prettu much says they can't use the rest of the island because it's too dangerous.

Sun: (dodging a Faunus carrying a box) Is it always so… cramped?

Blake: Well, when you try and take an entire species and put them on an island that's two-thirds desert, yeah, it tends to be cramped.

Sun: What! You guys have that much more space? Why waste it? A little desert never hurt anyone!

Blake: It's not like the desert in Vacuo, Sun. The wildlife here is more dangerous than most other regions.