Dh and I are considering having a place in upstate NY and one in NC. |
It will be interesting to see what happens in about 20-25 years when the heat and humidity get so oppressive that people start leaving TX and FL in droves. Might be a good time to invest in places like Detroit, Duluth, and Rochester, NY. Those places may see a future renaissance. |
There was a recent NYTimes article on moving to Texas. According to that article, a good part of TX is not expected to be significantly affected by climate change, and that's where lots of people are moving to. |
Lol you can’t even wear a mask during a pandemic…like builders or workers in Florida are going to follow building codes…look at that condo that collapsed. |
No you are thinking about California. |
Wishful thinking. Phoenix has no business existing in the middle of the desert but it does. The boom cities of the Arabian Gulf are all built in areas of extreme heat and humidity as well. And they're still booming. Houston is one of the fastest growing cities despite the sheer humidity. The American South has always been humid. Even DC gets humid. Even parts of the northeast gets humidity. People cope ![]() People would rather take heat and humidity over cold and chills and gloomy winters. |
Add cold to old and bitter. |
You first. |
Right? No way in helllll would I live in the NE 7 months of the year. So so depressing. |
This made me laugh. I’m typing from the frozen northeast poolside after a great day of skiing. Kids finishing up their s’mores then hopping in the hot tub. Life is what you make of it. Some would greatly prefer the variability of seasons over the never end heat and humidity |
Since this thread is about Florida, the state doesn't suffer from never ending heat and humidity. I do like seasonal variations but the winters in the far north east do seem to last forever. I went to college in Rhode Island and it felt like we never saw the sun between November and end of March. Just perpetual gray skies and gray light. My cousin in New Hampshire still gets snow late into April! If I had money, it'd be coastal New England for the summer and Florida for the winter. Best of both worlds! |
In the same vein, a great NYT article about climate change in the Outer Banks:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/climate/outer-banks-tax-climate-change.html |
Why? Why do people think that all low lying coastal regions will be an issue? Any impact will not be uniform and new technology and building methods will in the future help. There is too much money for everyone to just say -- oh well I guess it is time to move. |
Some people, believe it or not, actually LIKE winter.... skiing, sledding, ice skating, building snowmen with the kids, hot cocoa by a fireplace, etc. I need four seasons in my life. I would prefer 20 degrees and snowing than this 42 degrees and raining we have six months of the year in Maryland (followed by six months of hot, humid, hellscape) |
A) No one said it is "uniform" but it will (and is) happening in low lying regions. B) New Tech and building are expensive and take time. And aren't happening on a wide enough scale. C) Frankly, people just don't believe it's happening. So they aren't going to change on a wide enough scale. Despite the models showing that some areas WILL be under water in the next 50 years (OBX). |