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Simply put the point is to attract settlers so they can generate resources so you have crap to sell so you can make money for ammo and weapons. You can assign settlers to jobs that provide resources such as farming and scavenging, and you can set up trade routes that share them between workshops.

Causes of growthNatural increase (birth rate is higher than death rate) causing the settlement to grow into a city. Migration into a settlement makes it grow into a city.

The settlement house movement began in Britain in 1884 when middle-class London reformers established Toynbee Hall, the first settlement house, in East London to provide social services and education to the poor workers who lived there.

Yep, it's completely optional. You don't have to do build a single settlement if you don't want to. Unless you want to work with the Minutemen, because some of the quests you'll get from them will require you to at least build a radio beacon so settlers can move on to a place you clear.

Failing to provide assistance will result in damage to the settlement and reduced happiness if the attackers win. Settlements on Spectacle Island can be attacked by a group of mirelurks. Settlements on The Island can be attacked by Trappers and local sea creatures.

No, settlements do NOT matter at all, aside from Preston/first 34 quests and Bugthesda's shiny new toy, they're literally pointless dross, add nothing to the game or the lore, and are not utilized anything like their potential.

Each settlement needs the numbers next to food and water to be higher than the number of settlers who live there. To increase your food supply, plant crops and assign settlers to manage them. For water, build a few water pumps or if the settlement is on the coast or contains a large puddle a water purifier.