User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 383: Surfer Lucy, Review./@comment-68.1.178.233-20140510202916/@comment-96.238.60.246-20140510212947

I won't argue against the economics of it. That I do completely understand.

I'm just saying that if I lived in a town that is prone to being attacked by outside forces because of a group that lives in my hometown, and they have no intentions of moving, then I don't know if paying for the damages and the added revenue would be enough to risk my life living there.

Yes, this is a war against Demons, but like I said, Tartarus appeared in Magnolia for the sole purpose of watching them die in an explosion. There were no ex council members living in Magnolia. Fairy Tail was the only reason they arrived.

And I know that eventually FT would have gotten word of Tartarus' actions whether they were located in Magnolia or not. They would still fight regardless of their location.