You might live on an earthquake-prone island nation like Japan. Or the easiest access to cooling water may be in someplace with an earthquake risk.

Personally, I think that probably the thing to do is work on power lines that can efficiently carry vast amounts of power long distances, and build nuke plants in places that are less crazy politically than California. Reduced earthquake likelihood would be a very nice side-benefit.

(I know this thread is dead, but I figured you should get an answer anyway.)