-shrug- Well, why does anyone? It's known as a haven, so it makes sense that people would want to move there. As for the pseudo-philosophy there at the end, I believe that is Graves' own viewpoint on life.

I mean, it's not the best character, but there's nothing particularly bad about it, either.

EDIT: Hrm. I think I'm in a rather argumentative mood tonight. Feel free to ignore me.