The moon has no atmosphere, so living on it seems less friendly and far more dangerous. Long term, terra forming is not going to happen, because it won't hold an atmosphere.
That said, as a moon base it has a lot of things going for it, but I'm not sure if there are significant advantages of going there as a stopping point before going elsewhere, when you can achieve many things in orbit with some advantages of not having to take off again.
That said, as a moon base it has a lot of things going for it, but I'm not sure if there are significant advantages of going there as a stopping point before going elsewhere, when you can achieve many things in orbit with some advantages of not having to take off again.