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Originally Posted by Kuruharan
My essential question is was the Lonely Mountain inhabited before the Kings of Durin’s Folk moved in and set up shop there?
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I think that essentially the Erebor was uninhabited. There was no gain for the dwarves by moving into a lone mountain in the middle of nowhere.
I don't mean to bring up the 'Chicken and the Egg' comparision here.
But could it be possible that one of the reasons that the dwarves moved in was because of Lake Town and the ability to trade with humans?