On the surface Summer Bay looks like an idyllic place to put down roots.

There’s sun, surf and a much higher-than-average number of good looking blonde people.

But dig a little deeper, or literally just watch one episode ofHome and Awayand you’ll realise things are not exactly how they seem.

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Nosey neighbours greet you at every turn. Unprofessional doctors/nurses/teachers/cafe owners are all up in your business, forming inappropriate relationships with people they’re ethically not supposed to form relationships with and one time, a cult reckoned it was a good place to set up camp.

That’s not even mentioning the rampant crime. And look, not to victim blame, but it seems that throwing a wedding is the exact same as asking for an explosion, an out of control horse carriage or hostage situation. That’s just how it goes in the Bay.

If Summer Bay was a real place, precisely no one would live there.

Let us present a large, yet not exhaustive (because there’s more than 7200 episodes and we have… lives), body of evidence:

The number of firearms is… concerning.

An incomplete list of characters who have been shot:

The hospital is not a safe place.

The justice system is… a bit sh*t.

Fires happen. All the time.

Transport in Summer Bay is more dangerous. Fact.

The Bay is very susceptible to natural disasters.

In just a few decades, the Bay has dealt with a mudslide, a major earthquake (scientifically suss, because Sydney is not exactly known for its fault lines), a deadly flood, a bush fire ripping through town followed by a cyclone just two years later. And in 2011 there was a storm, aptly titled ‘the great storm’. Oh yes, and there was that time Colleen was struck by lightning and concluded that God was punishing her for spreading rumours. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just… everything else.

And honestly, we could keep going and going and going.

Summer Bay is cursed, and we must give major props to Leah, Irene and especially Alf for defying all the odds.

May they never, ever be shot by a crazed stalker, or fall victim to a bomb detonation at the bait shop.

Feature images: Channel 7.