Would You Live on a Cruise Ship?

My wife and I talked about this. After selling our cruising sailboat, we have been on about 24 cruises, and I find the environment very conducive to writing. I get up before dark, walk the ship, and then spend a few hours working in the ship’s library (they are always super nice). Many people don’t like the idea of cruising, preferring independent travel. My only problem is that you have to be careful to avoid cruise lines that are very exploitive to workers; some are even worse than others. We actually agreed to stop cruising over this issue. We are glad to have seen a large part of the world in comfort.

If the ship is always docked, it has less appeal, I'd love to live in one that keeps moving between ports, even if it never goes much further.

In that case, power is an issue. We'd need a powerplant that's green (because cruise ships are anything but - at best carbon neutral). The only reasonable choice I see would be small nuclear plants and that's something that hasn't been attempted with passengers since the NS Savannah. If that is solved, then I'd love to move to one.

There was a time when some writers would take long journeys on cargo ships because there were so few distractions available to divert their attention from writing. I have a vague memory of reading about specific examples (Haley? Michener?) years ago but can't find any with a quick search.

What goes around...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_prison_hulks

What a nightmare for fire safety this would be.