It was dangerous, the silk road was full of robbers
Answer:
New England had skilled craftsmen in the industry of shipbuilding. The Mid-Atlantic presented a diverse workforce of farmers, fisherman, and merchants. The Southern Colonies were primarily agricultural with few cities and limited schools. ... This made it a more suitable place to grow grain and livestock than New England.
It could possible be ironic and problematic because the rest of the world was technically already "discovered", but just not by the Europeans specifically.
