I know I sound stupid, that's because I am.
I'm not saying it's a good place to be now, it would suck to be there today.
What makes the Backrooms better than you'd think is the future. Say you made it to the point where an extinction level event is bound to shove death up your ass.
Do we build a spacecraft to escape to another planet? Well, if it wouldn't take countless years, sure. But it does!
On the other hand, the Backrooms are a much quicker escape point one can suddenly use at any time. And even if we DO succeed in extraterrestrial migration, news flash; you're still gonna be reduced to bones.
Of course this may be a huge misunderstanding because I'm a stupid idiot.