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Originally Posted by Rhod the Red
I'd say it's either an outright racist reason(anti-Human paranoia) or it's a kind of literalist Creationism reason; IE; Humans are the Third Kind, the Third Race to be created. But created in the Middle-earth continent.
They're not native to Valinor, therefore don't deserve to move to it. And of course until the dawning of the Fourth Age, Man needs to be allowed to learn his own ways, make mistakes, etc. In preparation for the Dominion of Man.
So I'd say those are the two(3?) main reasons why.
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There is a critical difference between Middle-earth and the Undying Lands. The latter are, well,
undying. Men are mortal. Mortals do not belong in an immortal environment, at least not for long periods of time.
The Valar were concerned that the Númenóreans, if allowed to taste immortality, would desire it that much more, which would lead to chronic discontentment, and then to evil. Of course, that happened anyway, though Sauron was a prime mover in that.
I suppose one could argue that the mortal members of the Fellowship suffered no adverse effects in Lórien. However, they were there only a short period, and Galadriel's version of the Blessed Realm was in the end just a copy, and had to have been somewhat different from the real thing.