There isn't a sunny and shady side of the moon, FYI. There are some places that are always in shadows near the poles, but basically everywhere else is sunny and dark about half the time. 


In my opinion people populate where the work is located. At least for as long as it takes to do the work. Maybe that's not population. People I know that work harsh conditions, say off shore in the Gulf of Mexico, generally live within a few hours drive of the coast. But usually people rotate at remote locations. 

If a real population develops I imagine it would straddle the dark and light sides for efficiency. 

Interesting. 
Would you want to populate the sunny or shady side of the moon?


Satosora

A scenario for human Mars exploration includes moon bases where vehicles can be refueled and supplied, and then go on to Mars. This will one day reduce the need to do heavy lift from Earth. 

TNStacker

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China probe lands on moon’s far side in first-ever sample retrieval mission

Is that what the big deal is? 
They are looking for water?