So uh… about these hurricanes
So there’s been this interesting pattern where the places that are habitable after global warming are also the places with housing restrictions.
At which point everyone despairs of ever living in the 80 degree parts of LA and moves to 120 degree Vegas at a tenth the price. (Or at least the 109 degree parts of LA a couple mountain ranges away).
And right now, it sure looks like the fastest growing cities and regions in the country are either the sort of place where an extra 5F gets people killed or the sort of place where you get semi-regular hurricanes.
So uh… what happens when people try to flee north and can’t?
massive pressure on the Canadian government to allow unrestricted immigration, probably.
which we’ll cave to without anything in return
probably.
The population of the South census region is 120 Million, the population of Canada is 30 Million, and a mild exodus of admittedly rich Asians from a single city-state destroyed an entire province in under a decade (And then actual China got involved and things got worse).
Even if you wanted to take them all, you physically couldn’t.
Which is really sort of my question here. The only places in America that are growing are probably places that we don’t want growing because they’re not terribly nice places to live. What happens if/when they become uninhabitable?
~shock therapy~
Shouldn’t the US Great Lakes/Rust Belt region remain pretty habitable after global warming? As a bonus the region is already built overbuilt from populations that peaked mid century.
Also, fresh water concerns in the southwest. They’re draining the aquifers faster than they can refill them.
If you wanted to live there anyway and can get a suitable job, northern Ohio likely isn’t a bad place to plunk down. The housing is much cheaper than the coasts, especially the coastal metros. However, this migration probably won’t occur for 20-30 years.
I would avoid buying long-term property in Texas, Nevada, or Florida.
