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The conditions you describe are most applicable to the very early colonies. There are enough people with a risk-appetite large enough to consider the journey, especially if they're getting paid.
Funny store. My first interaction with Scott involved him responding to an essay of mine, our exchange evolving with him then encouraging me to consider rather longterm dreams I had like becoming a psychiatrist on a Mars mission. I'd take that up for a few years, especially if I was getting paid big bucks. A mere million USD would convince me to take the risk and tolerate the inconvenience.
The first colonies will probably live In grounded Starships converted into habitats, or in relatively small colonies covered by regolith. But once ISRU is running (and there are many ways to get easy concrete substitutes on Mars), there are few limits on how big and luxurious habs can be. You could have pretty large houses or apartments in hab blocks, as long as you keep the whole thing sealed, which was the plan anyway.
Even the journey wouldn't be so bad with a Starship. The modeled crew quarters would put earlier missions to shame.
Do I particularly want to go to Mars? Not really, though I think it's kinda cool. I'd be much quicker to sign up for NEO stuff, because of all the convenience that entails. But there are enough people who can be swayed when there's 8 billion people to draw from. People sign up for 6 month stays in Antarctica after all.
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