Even the moon would be a better choice, this century at least. The cloud tops of Venus are heavenly, by comparison. Even asteroids have more appeal.
Antarctica or northern Greenland would be overwhelmingly more pleasant than any of those. Likewise the ocean floor, on any continental shelf. Texas.
Who wouldn't want to be a part of that?
> 'Cause it's next. 'Cause we came out of the cave, and we looked over the hill and we saw fire; and we crossed the ocean and we pioneered the west, and we took to the sky. The history of man is hung on a timeline of exploration and this is what's next.
Well, to play devil's advocate, if you know that there's likely to be a WWIII (or other catastrophe) that wipes out all life, establishing a sustaining base on Mars is the best way to ensure the return of human civilization.[1]
[1] The whole talk is worth a listen, but he talks specifically about this starting at 7:20: https://youtu.be/B-Osn1gMNtw