Which U.S. Cities Are Safest From Climate Change?

[@funnybone1994]

Crazy to think Asheville, NC was on the short list of opportunistic cities given the horrific impact of Hurricane Helene. Makes you wonder if anywhere is truly “safe” against Mother Nature.

[@ellinorglorioso2247]

Every time I think of moving to a specific place it gets wiped out by flooding, or same catastropic event, like Ashville,N.C.,. I was considering Ashville and then Helen hit. It's hard to evaluate where to move that climate change will not impact negatively. All places will obviously be impacted with climate change but where the safest place to move to is still hard to determine.

[@francojvelasquez]

Yes, this documentary didn't age well.

[@azaburns-williams7663]

I'm literally watching that part right now, and thought the same thing.

[@alexpress5375]

Yeah crazy Asheville ended being underwater 🙏

[@JVillanShillin]

I saw that! Crazy!

[@MrFluffelufagus]

This screams, "How do I make this someone else's problem?" Cant wait for millionaires and billionairs buy up property in these ares, ruin their economies, local governments, laws, natural habitat, and do nothing to actually change the issue they're running from. I live, work, and have grown up around Aspen Colorado and the one thing that never fails is how the property owners scream about how bad climate change is while they sip on imported wines, drive 7.0L trucks, have houses with bigger cooling and heating systems than the mall of america has, and how they fly out every weekend in their private jet from Florida or Texas to go skiing on snowmass, only to just leave their litter all over the mountain side. The problem will never be fixed if people run from it. Sadly the ones that contribute to the problem the most, are the ones that can run from it the easiest 😕

[@thegreataynrand7210]

Climate change is a manageable problem. It's not doomsday.

[@ih2439]

Well said. We can’t just run away from the problem, it needs to be fixed.

[@Jc-ms5vv]

Sadly no known way to stop what's coming!

[@oriplaydirty]

The United States is a joke

[@beef-jerky]

@@Jc-ms5vv Can't stop nature.

[@andreawallenberger2668]

July 2023: Did they just say Burlington, Vermont? Burlington and the entire state of VT just endured catastrophic flooding.

[@JustynRusso-fo5rj]

and then consider Asheville, NC.. 😭

[@Maryb-j5k]

I think this video is too old and nothing in it is correct according to climate realities these days! I’m not saying they lied 🤥 or were deceitful in making it, but everything changes very fast in the world 🌍

[@Ali_forward]

It interesting to see Ashville NC on the climate resilient city list, right now they are acutely facing the devastation of climate change empowered storms.

[@American_Energy]

So criteria to be safe from climate change include: 1) Cities with affordable housing 2) Cities with green initiatives 3) Cities trying to decarbonize Ok, I think we have a very different way of determining whether a city is safe from climate change… mainly I’d focus on which climate is going to change the least.

[@jep1437]

Spot on

[@Erin-rg3dw]

Agree. These aren't bad actions/criteria, but having a perfectly green oasis in a frequent hurricane zone isn't going to make the hurricane go around. I also appreciate they mentioned not creating urban sprawl (which is bad all around), but the editors still chose to put footage of single-family homes as "housing." If we are concerned about affordability and making public transit/low car living a priority, single family homes are the opposite.

[@toydog5654]

Any city when flooded with people moving from climate change impacted areas, by economy 101 can’t have affordable housing.

[@Chris_at_Home]

With the price of petroleum going up I am going to start heating with coal as it is half what heating oil is now.. I know others doing the same thing as we can buy coal right from a local mine.

[@lsmith1237]

@@Chris_at_Home coal is a considered a fossil fuel, and creates CO2 (in addition to oil and natural gas). IDK if it's better or worse than oil, as far as how much CO2 and pollution is concerned.

[@Bnio]

"Cities around the Great Lakes will have a SUPERIOR advantage." I see what he did there.

[@bigshotaviation8570]

Lol nice catch

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope just a boring swamp

[@jjoohhhnn]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Detroit and Chicago are a lot of things, but they are not boring. I haven't heard that one before..

[@magesalmanac6424]

Yeah the Great Lakes will be ok once they stop allowing fertilizer run off. I wouldn’t drink from those algae covered lakes.

[@twilightcitystudios]

Chicago

[@vsuryaR]

How to avoid climate change World: lower co2 emission, renewable energy, etc US: move somewhere else

[@shreyakommuri3929]

this is the comment i was looking for!

[@JimWilliams]

It's too late anyway. We're feeling the effects from the Industrial Revolution some 200+ years ago. It was too late back in 1970 when people were still mis-inventing reasons/ways it wouldn't happen.

[@jmuld1]

I fail to see any evidence that co2 is causing the current warming.

[@RobertMJohnson]

How to avoid climate change: stop being a bunch of brainwashed weenies

[@uptone12111]

Unless your in China-you do neither lol

[@bobbun9630]

There might be many reasons to move to Orlando, but I can't imagine that "decarbonizing" makes the city a climate safe haven. Orlando isn't, by itself, the source of the problem, so addressing the problem in that one spot isn't going to stop the sea from rolling in (82 ft. above sea level!) or a hurricane devastating the area.

[@donparks4300]

Orlando, Florida is going to be under water due to the sea rise.

[@bobbun9630]

@@donparks4300 Perhaps in a few centuries. Hurricanes are a bigger threat. The thing about sea level rise is that even with temperature increases, it will still take hundreds of years for the East Antarctic ice sheet to melt. Greenland and West Antarctica combined probably don't give enough rise to submerge Orlando. That doesn't mean, of course, that we haven't reached the point of inevitability where even if we do nothing more than what we have already done those ice sheets won't eventually disappear. With a massive system like the Earth's climate, the point of something becoming inevitable and the point of something obviously having happened can be separated by hundreds or even thousands of years.

[@mariadowler1279]

Florida will be under water in 20 years. look at your navy's map of predicted future flooding.

[@bobbun9630]

@@mariadowler1279 Some Florida cities will experience more flooding. Miami, for example. Naval facilities, which are coastal, may indeed have an issue--maybe even all coastal naval facilities in Florida. Orlando is not a coastal city, though, and sea level rise will definitely not be sufficient to make it so in twenty years. Pay no attention to sensationalist popular press "science" reporting. Those stories are written by reporters, not scientists. In terms of the science, it simply isn't possible to pump enough heat into the Earth's ice caps to melt them enough to raise sea levels enough to submerge Orlando (or even most of Florida) in twenty years. As I mentioned in response to someone else, it may already be inevitable that that will happen--the Earth takes a long time to reach equilibrium--but it's not going to happen in twenty years. Think of it a bit like pregnancy, if you like. Conception (certainty of future birth) may happen almost right away, but that baby can't be rushed--it's still taking nine months to get here.

[@hewitc]

Some smart people like Paul Tudor Jones have seen the writing on the wall and have begun to abandoned the Florida Keys. Eventually the Keys will be under water but even in the shorter term they are likely to bear the worst of storms made powerful by warmer ocean temperatures.

[@shughes57]

That one woman said that the list doesn't include major cities and then the video proceeds to list just about every urban area that surrounds Chicago... without mentioning Chicago.

[@kurtg7630]

She probably doesn't want to say Chicago is a major city in the first place because she also mentioned safe havens are unfortunately not any of the major cities like New York, LA and SFO.

[@darceylopez6065]

This was posted one year ago. After the crazy weather in summer, 2023, fires in Canada pushing smoke into the northern US and the crazy rain and hurricanes that are coming to the east coast in fall of 2023, I think we can all assume that no place is really safe. I live in one of the best places for weather, Boulder, CO and our nearby towns of Louisville and Superior nearly burned to the ground. We were so lucky, the emergency response and evacuation were incredible!!! Plus a little snow and cold temperatures after the event really helped. No place is safe from climate change!

[@benvoncamp]

The fires in Canada are an interesting case: mostly fueled by a tree disease and a drought. It burned so much of the forest landscape that now fires on that scale are unlikely for years to come.

[@4wardlobster]

Chico California… these people are irrational. Its running out of water and threatened by Wildfires every year.

[@miles5600]

what could that cause.....

[@drewirons2646]

This video lost me at Orlando. "Orlando is working really hard to decarbonize... they are really growing their green economy...". The Video goes on to say "affordable housing is a key ingredient in all of this." If rising sea levels and heat waves are a problem, no amount of local decarbonization will be of benefit. So is this video about avoiding climate change or affordable housing? I realize they are trying to group the two, with some rationale, but the message is mixed.

[@scottshane889]

Did you notice they removed Chico from the video? I saw it originally too, and now it’s gone

[@amarandi99]

@@scottshane889 it was an editors error. Sorry about that, they fixed it. No conspiracy here. :)

[@jessvee7256]

That’s so sad. Cali is such a beautiful state. 💕🥺

[@runningfromabear8354]

Prices for houses in the Muskoka's in Ontario, Canada have been jacked up by international millionaires and billionaires. Tons of lakes, lower risk for forest fires due to Georgian Bay and Lake Huron around it. They've been buying up large tracts and building massive houses with tennis courts and swimming pools and gymnasiums. Builders have talked about underground bunkers in there. One of my friends has a summer cottage up there that's been in the family for 70 years. They keep getting offers but it's part of their family traditions. But the money offered is crazy, they couldn't afford to buy their own land these days. When we go out on their motorboat, you can see these massive waterfront houses only accessible by helicopter pads or by boat. 20 years ago, these were all tiny 2 bedroom cabins and cottages that families drove up from Toronto enjoy. The wealthiest have already bought/built climate safe homes.

[@cajunstrat]

"climate safe homes", another laughable by-product of the religion of "climate change". Most likely these "rich people" are making real money off of this scam, like Al Gore.

[@greenmachine5600]

Sounds pretty bad unlivable tbh, doesn't seem walkable or convenient at all.

[@clockworkorange517]

Natives being driven out by incoming foreigners. In Canada? No way!

[@clockworkorange517]

70 years? Wow. Sounds like Muskoka is your friend's traditional home land.

[@clawhammer704]

The wealthy are buying ocean front properties on the coast ….

[@mylittlepitbull3143]

Yeah! Let's all move to Duluth.

[@sswwooppee]

The streets of Duluth will be littered with the frozen dead bodies of elderly Floridians who slip fall and slide down the hill into the lake.

[@Justindorton91]

While Detroit is still suffering from its past issues, it is on an upward trend, but one thing that could make Detroit a good destination is how massive the city is compared to how few citizens live here from decades of people moving away, which should make land value and housing cheap. It's already an established metropolis, it just needs some work to bring it back to it's former glory.

[@ednorton47]

I would wait until the sound of the drums die down.

[@akbuckets272]

@@ednorton47 🤣

[@automnejoy5308]

There will be a second golden age for Detroit, you wait and see.

[@bernadettedunn6129]

if I didn't have deep roots in Chicago, Detroit would be my destination. I feel Chicago is a good place to avoid natural disasters. We have some crazy weather but for most part Chicago's climate is pretty temperate. I'm trying my best to reduce my carbon footprint. i want to leave a good earth for my descendants.

[@automnejoy5308]

​@@bernadettedunn6129 Pretty temperate? Doesn't Chicago have brutal, windy winters and humid summers? Plus you get tornadoes... and they could become more severe in the future.

[@Whitneypyant]

Hey I’m from Detroit. I’m happy we are on the list

[@apl175]

The midwest is very underrated.

[@meleejones]

Storm damage is our norm

[@AlanG2526]

No one lives there 💀

[@cme98]

Thats because there are no trees, no forests, no mountains & its flat & BORING. They also have significantly more tornadoes. Kinda makes you wonder why they have no trees when you think of tornadoes.

[@blackeyedsusan727]

Not really. This video is about moving out of necessity. No way I'd move there unless I absolutely had to..sigh

[@Aztec339]

@@cme98 you are absolutely wrong. I’m in northern OHIO. We are surrounded by beautiful woods, well run parks, lots of forests, rivers. I’m 69. We had one tornado in my whole life. No floods by Lake Erie or earthquakes or fires and definitely no droughts. We have excellent hospitals….Cleveland Cleveland, University Hosp. Many museums, festivals, music. And best restaurants! And many beautiful suburban communities with great schools. It will happen when people will have to find livable, affordable climate safe areas. When the people come, the business will come back. So there! It’s not all about scenery and weather. Sure we have snow. So does half the country! It doesn’t snow everyday in winter. Many nice winter days.

[@themissinglink1459]

This is a concept known as "managed retreat". The idea is that despite our best efforts, we won't be able to stop things. Even if we got everyone on the same page, many believe we're fighting a losing battle and that we need to not only work towards making things better, but also plan for the worst (which many believe is inevitable). Avoiding plastic bags and recycling may make people feel better, but we need massive change across the world. We would need to eliminate the use of all fossil fuels and greenhouse gases including gasoline, natural gas, refrigerants, etc. Most people don't appreciate the scale of what would be required. Others may, but also realize that they won't be alive when the worst happens...

[@jamesgravil9162]

"We would need to eliminate the use of all fossil fuels and greenhouse gases" Or eliminate 90% of humanity. Which is probably more likely to happen, provided it doesn't cause too big a dip in profits for the energy companies.

[@amywalker7515]

Having fewer children would really be the best solution because fewer people and less mouths to feed puts a whole lot less strain on the environment. We are already seeing huge waves of migration, which will get worse as time goes by. If people don't have 8 kids, it would be a whole lot easier. Much more humane to limit population than have massive starvation, war and suffering.

[@cme98]

You do realize population makes it impossible to reach our goals. Humans insistent need to replicate themself is how economies grow, its how people become rich, itnis how wealth is shared, it is how poverty will never be solved, it is this ruthless selfish desire to raise children when we cant even provide shelter for the people we already have, or provide medical care, or food, are the fundamental reasons why its useless to even consider we can correct anything "bad" that we have caused. But even then Nature always has a fix & Nature will always do what Nature has to do to save the planet. We are a simple obstacle who have this belief we can destroy this planet & i can just see Nature looking at us & saying, "thats what the Neanderthals said, so i created an ice age."

[@cme98]

@@jamesgravil9162 if we eliminated 90% of humanity we wouldn't need to eliminate greenhouse gasses we create or fossil fuels. The only country who even bothered to try was China when they had their one child only law. Even a brutal communist regime couldn't lower the population of China, despite the fact they prevented 456-million births. It became clear to me as a 13 year old in 1973 I didn't want any children. The whole concept is the most selfish preventable act in which is easy to solve & far easier than providing healthcare, food, shelter, & transportation. Now that i am 61, i just sit back & look at the rising homeless population & 110,000 young people dying of drug overdoses in this country because they didn't see a future. I see India which was already overpopulated going from 700-million to 1.2-billion & i think of where are their forests? Their animals? Their fish? I think of how barbaric a future is for them because they just keep on popping out babies. Humans have been cutting down forests since day one, but the Earth could handle this when our population was under 1-billion. But how are we possibly going to survive with 50-billion people on this planet? Because i assure you by then we will simply slaughter each other to control population & it wont be something people are going to like. I did not sacrifice anything, i did what was simply logical. I just didn't expect my fellow man was that stupid to just selfishly replicate themself because WE ARE THE PROBLEM.

[@cme98]

@@amywalker7515 you are one of the most intelligent people have have ever met in my life. You hit it on the nail. If you want to lower emissions, we need to stop replicating ourselves. Duh! We are surrounded by idiots. Selfish idiots who think they can have 13 babies AND lower greenhouse gasses. But ya know when Americans front lawn is 23 floors below & is shared with 42 other families, and we are back down to 48 states because Floriduh & Delaware were swallowed up by the Atlantic Ocean, maybe then people will see "we shouldn't be doing circumcism on men at birth, we should be doing vasectomies.

[@karenann8222]

Central New York is a lovely area. Little problem with severe weather and lots of fresh water. Syracuse has a good infrastructure, housing. Syracuse University and several hospitals are major employers. The winters are becoming milder. I love this area!

[@nottheone582]

i've heard really good things about Syracuse! looking forward to visiting this summer

[@dawnarobertson9577]

And it falls within the definition of “Great Lakes regions.” . . .

[@arizonanative7409]

I’ve been in Phoenix since 1990. Drought now causing massive water shortage, and I’ll be heading out to … somewhere. I have followed climate change for years, not shocked by what’s happening. Very sad that I must leave.

[@jacklong7048]

I am originally from Phoenix. Too much waste of this resource. And the idea that its an entitlement. And now they want to steal water from Mississippi-which supplies 10 states. How arrogant.

[@CamGiaCrixus]

AZ makes me so sad 😞

[@brie1987]

Unless desalinization of ocean water on a large scale can be implemented soon, the entire region is unsustainable. If they can do that, you may not have to move. There are plans for these things. Just wait 5 years and see if and how it may change

[@Skiskiski]

The bottom line to me is the availability of fresh water. If you get your water from glaciers in the mountains and they completely melt, the rest is irrelevant.

[@automnejoy5308]

This is the problem we have in the West. No rivers, no lakes, no snow melt in our future. And yet people have been flooding in from other parts of the country for years. Insanity.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

@@automnejoy5308 I don't think the desire to survive is "insanity". I moved "west" in 2002, and can still breathe the air, as long as the Wildfires don't get worse. 🤗

[@automnejoy5308]

@@Diana1000Smiles Why did your survival hinge on moving west? That doesn't make sense. And yes, the wildfires will get worse. So will the drought.

[@punapeter]

I'm glad so many are "poorly educated" or everyone would be moving to my rain forest.

[@5rings16]

If my aunt had balls shed be my uncle!

[@Doug-mu2ev]

The point about migration is extremely poignant, well put. Rich people migrate freely we don’t judge them for changing their location based on whatever their needs may be.

[@henrygurney7067]

The thing is, and my opinion isn’t relevant here, rich people significantly benefit wherever they live by spending lots of money there and by employing locals. Although anyone benefits the economy they move into, rich people benefit it far more (also they pay more tax)

[@prophecyrat2965]

@@henrygurney7067 Good Dog.

[@marksittner602]

Hilarious double speak. They don't migrate, they travel to their property.

[@hewitc]

@@henrygurney7067 Rich people also move to (or claim reside in) areas that have low or zero tax rates. So many FL "residents" have a part-time address in the state that does not qualify for residency under the tax laws. They stop paying the taxes due in their legal residency state. The NYS Dept of Finance has a team of people in Fort Lauderdale looking for NYers with a PO box or part-time condo unit who claim not to owe NY taxes, even though they live and work in NY.

[@alexmccarter6051]

exactly, i feel like rich people that gentrified cities like LA and Austin and made them unaffordable for the working class will just go up into these other places do the same thing all over again and leaving the poor people in the sunbelt left to feel the burden of climate change

[@temperanceluv81]

This will happen faster than we can adapt. TBH, thinking that you can just move away from the issue is ignoring huge issues like Where will our food be farmed if huge swaths of the country aren’t habitable anymore.

[@cynthiaayers7696]

Issue issue !! Well bless you :)

[@amywalker7515]

and just look at how no one is doing anything different. They're still pushing massive pickups that get horrible gas mileage. All our appliances use huge amounts of energy so we can have speed. We all are still using wasteful air conditioners, heating our homes too hot and driving way too fast.

[@mandisaw]

Losing the Southwest to drought, the Southeast to the Atlantic/Gulf, and the plants/agriculture in the North (East, West, and Central) to more violent storms and less-predictable growing seasons. Not sure how moving from one State to another is going to fix that.

[@5rings16]

All of our country is habitable!

[@cathyburrows8162]

New appliances are designed to wear out a lot sooner so the companies make profit. What a waste of resources and materials going to land fills.

[@katiecrowley3417]

Not at all surprised to see Duluth on this list. Many locals already can no longer afford housing here, prices have gotten so out of proportion with local incomes. I'm in the process of moving into a mobile home next door in Wisconsin and renting out my house in Duluth for a little extra income. I can't afford a regular house here anymore.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

At least the "twin ports" have the highest bars/taverns per capita in the U.S.

[@sashamoore9691]

Broke ass. Ur mobile home will probably topple over in a tornado or extreme weather event 😂😂

[@akash_goel]

How does decarbonization (on a city level) help with it being affected by climate change? That would mean the city is just prepared better for a fossil-fuel free world. We can have climate change and fossil-fuel independence at the same time.

[@anthropoceneclimatechange245]

co2.now the problem is the Global population has caused the co2 levels to go up. We live in a fossil fueled mechanized world.

[@elainegoad9777]

I live near Asheville NC and affordable housing is sparse around this area and there are lost of homeless in Asheville. Al lot of people live in mobile homes or slum trailer parks where the lot rents are high. There are a lot of flood and forest fires in the mountains as well s rock/mountain slides caused by erosion from taking down trees and removing big boulders from mountains to build mountainside homes. Human have caused the damage all over and bandaids won't fix the problems.

[@brie1987]

You have to move to the North West of the county or even a little out of the county. Its actslky very nice and more affordable. But those that need housing the most cannot live that far out at the moment . The flooding is an issue, but some of these have plagued the area for decades. The drought years brought some fires, but its much much better all around than other places. But I agree, no place will be unaffected

[@بِلَادٱلرَّافِدَيْنبِلَادٱلرَّ]

Yes, let's entirely ignore the problem and those who are causing it and just move.

[@lpappas474]

Yes, and let's pretend we don't use any of the 6,000 products made from oil, someone else is the problem.

[@بِلَادٱلرَّافِدَيْنبِلَادٱلرَّ]

@@lpappas474 stupid to blame the consumers. Try avoiding products that contain oil. It's the fault of corporations and governments. Humanity needs to fight back against them.

[@lpappas474]

So, corporations and governments forced the public to buy these products? As long as the public continues to buy these products corporations will continue to sell them but I guess it is much easier for you to blame others for you actions. What a sad individual you are, can't even take responsibility for your own actions.

[@lpappas474]

@@بِلَادٱلرَّافِدَيْنبِلَادٱلرَّ . What is really stupid is not being able to admit fossil fuel has provided a higher standard of living for the human race

[@بِلَادٱلرَّافِدَيْنبِلَادٱلرَّ]

@@lpappas474 and? Nobody is denying they have provided a higher standard of living. But they are literally destroying the environment. They've run their course.

[@eliotb927]

I live in central Massachusetts and I've always been comforted by my location when it comes to natural disasters. There are no earthquakes or fires, an occasional tornado, and a small chance of hurricanes, but no bad ones since the 90s. Also, the climate is much better than anywhere else for most people, with moderately hot summers, and moderately cold winters. If you even move up one state to New Hampshire of Vermont, the summers get cooler, but the winters are dangerously cold. New England also doesnt really face the drought issues as much as the west coast or pretty much anywhere else.

[@thetechnicanwithaheart1682]

According to NASA Western half the United States up to the Texas dry line is drying out. All of these states east of the Texas dryline are getting wetter and risking bigger and more devastating floods. Kentucky was in the news today and it's pretty terrible. It is estimated within 20 years climate change will see hey increase of 700% of increase in major flooding, droughts heat waves

[@ronniecosmos]

How much of a danger are Tornados in your area?

[@punapeter]

yea and it SNOWS half the year, "moderately cold" yeah if you're a polar bear. I prefer 80° all year round. I used to see you snow birds in key West decades ago. I lived on the Cape once. South of Ptown. You can have have the Andrea Gale. I prefer Waterworld.

[@squamish4244]

@@punapeter Under saltwater intrusion renders your state uninhabitable. I'd sell soon if I was you.

[@punapeter]

@@squamish4244 LOL underwater intrusion? LOL you should have stayed in school and studied geography. Underwater intrusion? LOL HA HA HA

[@etep878]

This video seems to say “ instead of tackling the problem of climate change, let’s find ways to live with it”

[@wyomingbeautiful]

Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive

[@etep878]

@@wyomingbeautiful It will actually be the reality. The climate has already changed and we're pretty much living with it. However, I believe instead of finding permanent solutions, we're most like going to find short term ones.

[@0xjdion]

Video is so wrong. Houses? Cars? Why not small places, biking and buying less? No just run away from the problem.

[@rileyknox5034]

The problem is that even if we stopped 100% of all climate change activities today we will still see massive effects for the next few decades. This is like trying to turn the Titanic, and our current course was set by activities of the 80s and 90s. We should absolutely be working like crazy to stop/mitigate future impacts, but that will do nothing to stop the fallout from the damage that has already been done. Which means taking a sober look as what changes to society are essentially inevitable at this point, and determining best paths forward through those inevitable situations. 🤷‍♂️

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

The reality is that we are locked into a certain amount of climate change regardless of what we do and when - thus, we need to look at adaptation in addition to mitigation.

[@OldJackWolf]

I wouldn't pick anything south of the Mason Dixon line, nor close to any nuclear power plants. And we found a big selection of great but affordable homes we could buy in Erie, PA. And after 5 summers here, we love it. Winters are a lot milder than we expected too with tons of things to do within 10 minutes. Wine country is lovely too. And we've been better preparing the house we purchased with Hardiboard, a home generator, etc. And don't forget to check the soil survey before your final selection - the soil shows the past history of the area, whether its landslides, floods, etc, and if it happened before, it will happen again and probably in a bigger way.

[@adithyaramachandran7427]

Homes in western michigan are falling into the water due to erosion from rising lake levels. An entire fisherman's village was underwater last year. So not all great lakes locations are created equally. Also, winters have been getting warmer, but they also seem to last longer. We had snow from November to April this year.

[@HominidPetro]

Chicago at major risk of flooding as well

[@robgeach8105]

the point is that the lake effect is a blessing for those cities that will help temper uncomfortable future summers while many of the winter negatives will be far more moderate than historical averages assume. if economical living is a concern then those 2 advantages are a really big deal, but you wouldn't necessarily care about erosion issues with lake front property as most of those people will just budget for extra air conditioning bills and live wherever they want. also the past 10 years of great lakes region cities all show predictable year over year warming trends and if those continue for another 20 years the snow won't be a significant problem. the nightly ice that forms after the snow melts during the day will be a problem, but not from november to april.

[@PK-zb6wh]

having fresh water around is a big deal, instead of the saltwater.

[@RobertMJohnson]

isn't it weird how the weather patterns change? it's called 'Earth'

[@robgeach8105]

@@RobertMJohnson you do a great disservice to all the stupid people who believe you.

[@Johnrl21]

I think this video does a relatively poor job of making any kind of concise point. I usually like CNBC’s videos, but this one just seemed a little pie in the sky to me.

[@1OverWeightDragons]

They have to tip toe over how they talk about this stuff because if they were blunt and honest they could cause panic selling and get in trouble

[@asoxy5462]

Plausible deniability equals the free, ma(son)ry game of confusion on the chess board...

[@kirstinstrand6292]

@@1OverWeightDragons what can one expect from CORPORATE MEDIA?

[@larryross1819]

We are fortunate to now have two very smart democrat black women competing for the best word salad recipe. Kamala Harris, a straight black woman, mixed together this delicious word salad: “We will work together, and will continue to work together, to address these issues, to tackle these challenges, and to work together as we continue to work, operating from the new norms, rules, and agreements, that we will convene to work together...We will work on this together." On another occassion our extinguished vice president served this salad: "For Jamaica, one of the issues that has been presented as an issue that is economic in the way its impact has been the pandemic...we will assist Jamaica in Covid recovery by assisting in terms of the recovery efforts in Jamaica that have been essential." Competing with Kamala Harris is Karine Jean-Pierre, a black lesbian woman, who served this salad when asked how raising corporate income taxes reduces inflation: “Well, you know, we have talked about…we have talked about this this past year about making sure that the wealthiest among us are paying their fair share,” she continued. “And that is important to do. This is something that the president has worked on everyday when talking about inflation or lowering costs. And so it’s very important that, you know, as we’re seeing costs rise, as we’re talking about how to, you know, build an America that’s safe, that’s equal for everyone and doesn’t leave anyone behind. That is an important part of that as well.” This is her second attempt after having the simple question asked agsain: “So, look, I think we encourage those who have done very well, right? People who are concerned about climate change should support fairer tax codes. That doesn’t change. It doesn’t charge manufacturers, workers, cops, builders a higher percentage of their earnings that the most fortunate people in our nation and not let that stand in the way of reducing energy costs and fighting this existential problem, if you think about that as an example. It is important to protect basic collective bargaining rights. That’s also important. But look, it is, you know, by not without having a fair tax code, which is what I’m talking about, then like manufacturing workers, cops. You know, it’s not fair for them to have to pay higher taxes than the folks that who are who are who are not paying taxes at all.” The USA is blessed with so much democrat talent, woke and progressive, that's why our country is back on the right track. Our left, woke, progressive leaders have fixed every problem caused by that last evil president, plus no more mean tweets

[@asoxy5462]

Politricks! USA is a corporation NOT a country. Only compelling thing about Kamila Harris is the Adams' 🍎in it's long neck, which makes it a wolf in sheep's clothing and a LIAR!

[@michelem226]

I moved from Phoenix to Pittsburgh in 2014 for environmental reasons. It's been tough adjusting to how different it is here compared to Phoenix, but I definitely don't feel it's wise to go back.

[@DLCS-2]

Like ?

[@michelem226]

@@DLCS-2 Are you asking how it's different? Lots of snow and rain and unpredictable weather in Pittsburgh that you have to be prepared for and it wears out your car. Local income tax in addition to state and federal. Crazy roadways. So many hills. Crumbling buildings and infrastructure. Just a few things off the top of my head.

[@edmhie1]

I won't trade sunny sky to gray/gloomy sky............depression sets in.

[@michelem226]

@@edmhie1 I dealt with SAD when I moved to Pittsburgh from Phoenix. I don't get it anymore now that I have a regimen of blue and infrared light in the morning.

[@happycook6737]

You made a good decision. The amount and impact of homeless in Phoenix is shocking! And Phoenix is overrun by rough people from California so the gang/drug issues are exploding.

[@uptone12111]

I wanted to retire in one of five Nor Cal mountain towns. Two completely burned to the ground the last few years and fire raged through a third.

[@deirdre108]

Check out Arcata.

[@rickyayy]

It's not advisable anymore.

[@amywalker7515]

Aren't you glad you didn't?

[@AlexCab_49]

@@deirdre108 Redwood coast has ample rain and cool climate.

[@thomasrudder9639]

That’s because God is cleaning out all the idiots

[@rchaselius3923]

The Twin Cities are also a climate oasis. And it's one of the few major metros in the Great Lakes Region that has never declined in population or quality of life. It's a major economic and tech hub with headquarters of 16 Fortune 500 Corporations, second only to Chicago. Thus it has a ton of well-paid white-collar jobs available. It's slightly smaller than Seattle and slightly larger than San Diego, with almost 4 million residents and no less than 6 professional sports teams and an amazingly good theatre culture. It has a healthy infrastructure and, shockingly, still has affordable housing. While the rapidly warming winters are still something to consider, the region has some of the nicest weather in the country 8 months out of the year.

[@PeggyHiestand-Harri-ju4nc]

Minnesota taxes are outrageous. Many retirees leave the state for that very reason. Seventy six percent of the states budget this session went to social programs (46%) and education (30%). That doesn't leave much left for infrastructure, and they keep raising taxes!

[@Bryan-od7nv]

@@PeggyHiestand-Harri-ju4ncThe taxes are ridiculous. We also get to spend our nice summers choking on smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

[@HominidPetro]

Lol LA to Duluth, yall it is winter from October to May up here, we are still getting nights in temps at low 40s

[@ramon2008]

Haha yeah not down

[@professorsprout3382]

That eerie orange light over Oakland and S.F. was from the burning of so many homes. 917 homes in the Santa Cruz mountains actually blew the 80 miles to the big city.

[@5rings16]

Thats nothing!

[@movdqa]

It's already happening in my state where we have people on the local subreddit asking where they can find a place to live. We're generally free from hurricanes, drought, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods. We have plenty of water. The main downside is that it gets really, really cold and most people don't like that.

[@un2ctdawmain267]

Where

[@kaffeine69]

Where?

[@movdqa]

@@kaffeine69 NH

[@checkyoursix5623]

That encourages the riff-raff and the moochers to find a more comfortable location.

[@hewitc]

I have heard that Pittsburgh is now a great place to live. All the Florida lovers will be disappointed when the State gets even more crowded and the existing infrastructure of water, sewers, electricity and roads can't support the migration. And that's not even factoring in the increased cost of climate change problems like shore erosion and hurricane damage. The only answer will be either a state income tax or increased real estate and sales taxes. Infrastructure is extremely expensive. Until now Florida has been "coasting" on these expenditiures or relying on federal funds. Get ready for taxes. and for areas like the Keys, get ready to find that your home is unsellable because it's half or fully underwater. It's already happening.

[@ellinorglorioso2247]

Sees promise in Ashville NC,Tennesee,Buffalo NY.....all these places had destructive weather events in the past 2 years. I do not see this report on safest places to be valid.

[@ericgollings3760]

Decarbonizing Orlando won’t help much when it is underwater.

[@MattGrossChannel]

I'd rethink Los Angeles where I live. Generally, near downtown, we don't get hit by extreme rain, hurricanes, fire risk. That's outside the city. And we are moving to a closed cycle water system where we will clean and reuse water. Again, our city could be a haven. However, the further away from downtown (near Long Beach, Santa Monica, Malibu, etc.) this might not be the case.

[@rajawatlajweersingh]

If you can't deal with a situation, just escape facing it all together! What's wrong with the society? Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity! Something needs to be done, instead of avoiding it!

[@scottparr5606]

This video seems to completely ignore the fact that cities ARE the problem.

[@kendraabeene1173]

people think things won't affect them but it is global. they maybe able to live a few years longer by moving but they won't escape what is coming.

[@laurie7689]

Isn't that why our Southern Border is being inundated with immigrants? Instead of facing their own problems and fixing them, they flee.

[@michaelahurt]

Exactly, stay in your house and drown or burn to death. People always looking for the easy way out.

[@automnejoy5308]

It's too late to deal with it. That's the point. We can start tomorrow to do everything possible to mitigate it (we won't even do that, though), but people are still going to need to escape. The damage is done.

[@BradThePitts]

I'm still hiding in my garage with a camping stove and a handgun awaiting the Y2K disaster.

[@808N]

its finally the midwest's time to shine!

[@Jc-ms5vv]

Until wet bulb temperatures arrive

[@808N]

@@Jc-ms5vv I'm not sure what you're implying. Thats not a midwest problem, thats an everywhere problem - and the majority of the midwest will not become arid desert, unlike the southwest. Def damage control but if you own land here, I believe you'll be inherently more wealthy than pre-wet bulb temps lol I dont think anyone will be immediately dying of heatstroke or getting radiation burns within the next 200 years lol

[@Jc-ms5vv]

@@808N yeah I'm sure people in Washington/ Oregon/ B.C. thought the same thing until last summer

[@808N]

@@Jc-ms5vv very specific, got a source for a story? must've missed that type of heat wave news. (not sarcasm, i really wanna know)

[@Jc-ms5vv]

@@808N can't post links so you're going to have to Google it Heat Wave Killed An Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures, And Scientists Fear Even Worse The extreme heat that scorched B.C. this past summer not only broke records and contributed to a historic wildfire season, it also led to the deaths of at least 595 people, according to BC Coroners Service.

[@un2ctdawmain267]

BEFORE YOU MOVE: I would also recommend that you review for a month the US daily report on areas with grid issues to learn which states have repeated grid issues. ALSO, review fault lines and earthquake reports as it has been speculated the Mississippi faultline will one day separate the W from the E. NOTE: cities with MILITARY BASES will be targeted if the US is ever attacked by its enemies, as well as the coastlines.

[@coconut6839]

Thanks for the tips. Note also: Living near a military base could mean safety from foreign enemies but it doesn't mean safety from domestic "enemies". For example, military bases are known to cause water contamination or "PFAS/forever chemicals" in the surrounding areas that they are located in which are carcinogenic. Weigh the pros and cons!

[@un2ctdawmain267]

@@coconut6839 oooh. Noted!

[@un2ctdawmain267]

@Global Warming true.

[@un2ctdawmain267]

@quanchi Oh, that makes sense... but, enemy nations could strategically plan to target main US military bases. Perhaps, one day, sly enemy cells will be working within US military bases... waiting for a signal when their team decide to launch a major attack on soil. There already have been 400k+ illegal aliens that crossed into the southern border unapprehended because they are rushing in by groves where there are minimal border patrols. There were 50 terrorists stopped in 2022, the most noted compared to previous years.

[@blastoff2022]

I left Phoenix 16 years ago - it started getting hotter - a lot hotter and drier. Fires were becoming the norm - moved east - W Maryland - best decision we made 🙂

[@RobertMJohnson]

and not a single person has died of thirst

[@blastoff2022]

@@RobertMJohnson we needed air conditioning and the dopey greenies thought that was evil (major eye roll)....adios. W. MD is cold and clear and I like it! PHX is like hell in the summer.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

​@@blastoff2022Sounds like your exaggerating there's no dopey green environmentalists hanging around Phoenix they would get ran out of Arizona. Would be believable if you were in California Oregon or Washington state not Arizona.

[@fuffthebucks7266]

This is a conversation that I've been seeing more and more here in Denver. Due to the fires and drought conditions I plan on moving to the Upper Midwest or Northeast when I can

[@rickyayy]

Northeast climate will become more Mediterranean before you know it!

[@fuffthebucks7266]

@@rickyayy Yeah that actually sounds nice. Still more humid than that though

[@thomasrudder9639]

Good, and take your blue voting ways with you. We need Colorado Red again. It’s raining down freakin blue libtard fools here in Crested Butte.

[@automnejoy5308]

Yeah, I just heard that a lot of people are leaving Colorado. Guess where a lot of them are going, though? California, Texas and Florida. lmao. Morons.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

I'm in metro Denver and fires are due to DEMONCRAPPERS not removing Dead trees....too much fuel...very expensive here but where else to live Pittsburgh with floods or Vegas with floods nope

[@ph11p3540]

Single family homes are not the answer for booming populations, nor are poorly designed condos and apartments. Make sure a neighborhood has a well thought out mixed used zoning and non cookie cutter multifamily complexes that emphasize privacy

[@maestoso47]

No place is safe. Even areas they’ve shown in the Midwest have been getting extremities in weather patterns.

[@MrBlueplanetdrive2]

Yelp tornado's and microbursts are becoming more common

[@tamarastone141]

I'm in Chicago and our weather is soo extreme!! It's starting to resemble the South as far as weather goes. Summer is starting earlier and lasting longer. I also noticed It's starting to become more humid...

[@paxundpeace9970]

The difference is about getting once or twice hit by a weather extreme or 10 times a year. So that they have you on emergency supplies 10 times a years.

[@poolkennedy7611]

Very turn

[@RobertMJohnson]

that must be why the world's population keeps expanding

[@Wtfe2024]

Shoutout to Ann Arbor!!! ❤ 🌳

[@nelmar5560]

The only way to slow/stop fosses fuel drilling is to drastically reduce the demand. It is still profitable!

[@BenMeier814]

Honestly very surprised St. Louis didn’t make this list. It’s extremely moderate in climate, and is already built to support way more population than it has, due to its decline over the last 50 years. If we can get rid of the entire city being a singular county, I think St. Louis could see a massive boom in the next 10-20 years

[@amywalker7515]

St. Louis has a high crime rate, doesn't it?

[@jacklong7048]

Because its home to Hawley, can I say more. Bad politics!!!!

[@stanstanlison5791]

Go and live there, then you’ll find out why it wasn’t.

[@BenMeier814]

@@stanstanlison5791 I do live here…

[@stanstanlison5791]

@@BenMeier814 then I am now more confused about your initial comment. The climate there is not moderate. Its either super hot with humidity OR super cold. That polar vortex makes it real awful. Spring & Fall only last about a week. The infrastructure is poorly managed and any repairs take forever (even if it’s simple). The separation of county and city brings more problems than opportunities. Meat, alcohol, fresh produce seems to cost more. And the quality of what you do find stinks. The two biggest grocery stores there are trash (Shmuck’s and Dirtbergs). And that quality/$ goes well beyond just grocery stores. There are so many businesses that would fail if they went elsewhere. I did 5 years there and thats all I could do. I remember asking the same question when I got there… “why isn’t STL in a better position?” After living there a while, I saw so many reasons why.

[@craigbucci7950]

With the exception of North Carolina. All the other locations on the list are where people are leaving.

[@KevinSatler1]

This video is a joke, lots of cities are going to do great but aren't listed due to personal biases. What about Chicagoland, one of the greenest major urban areas and global warming is making it a more desirable climate than it has been. 6 Nuclear power reactors and tons of wind turbines a little outside the suburbs.

[@botz77]

It doesn't matter. How are you going to eat when it's too hot to grow anything.

[@kirbyman1kanden7pf]

Download a bunch of ArcGIS layers for natural disasters, overlay them on a map of the US, and you can see your answers, turn it into a math problem and solve it. (add more layers for other quality of life indicators if you want to)

[@sociolostitch]

Spend the time you would have been planning and packing for your move, by calling and writing to your representatives about actively fighting climate change.

[@rileyknox5034]

That does nothing to stop the fallout caused by the last few decades, which is 100% inevitable. Even if we stopped 100% of everything today, most of the worst parts of climate change will still happen over the next couple of decades since there is about a 30 year lag between activities and effects. We need to be doing both. Both working to mitigate future impacts and planning for inevitable effects from past emissions.

[@RobertMJohnson]

no one is going to fight climate change you twits. the world is hungry for coal, oil, nat gas and gasoline and there's NOTHING that can be done about it.

[@deirdre108]

Nice to hear that Detroit will have a renaissance with all the climate immigrants moving there.

[@semipenguin]

I moved to Minnesota a few years ago. Not just because of my job, but also to escape the heat of the South and Southwest. To my surprise, Minnesota gets just as hot as Missouri, Texas, and Tennessee. All places I lived after I left Southern California in 2003. Last year we had bad air quality from wildfires in Canada. A drought that left the ground dry and cracked. And in November 2016, high temperatures in the 70s°F. This Spring has been more like what I expected. With the exception of one day in the mid 90s°F, it’s been mild.

[@paulburley7993]

We're always amused at (usually Americans and Europeans) that come to populated central Canada and aren't prepared for just how hot and humid it becomes here. AC is essential or you're going to suffer.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yup humidity and floods and Boredom and crime

[@Waitukubuli]

I like Minnesotans but not mosquitoes. 🦟

[@somecharactersnotallowed1319]

Michigan/Wisconsin will be fine, much of southern Ontario Although like we saw last year, Canadian fires will continue to be a bigger problem for that area. But atleast they wont have water shortage issues or extreme heat

[@KSai207]

We are fortunate to live in the foothills of Western Maine, where managed forestry and waterways limit our risk of forest fires and flooding. The highest risks we face involve temperature variations. We are served by a massive aquafer, and we are in the process of installing water capture systems to keep topsoil moist.

[@kevinconnaghan1113]

I don't believe there are any safe cities anywhere. Certainly the biggest problem is going to be agricultural production with uncertain climactic patterns. Once there isn't enough food for all of us no where will be safe, least of all cities.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

And crime

[@DoriterEater]

I am confused how decarbonizing when climate change has been in process for quite some time, is going to cause Earth to have mercy on these communities? Developing infrastructure to be resilient against the inevitable is one thing, but I'm just ????

[@evildrizzt1]

I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. After a lifetime of Tornadoes, blizzards, hail storms and floods, I decided to buy a house in phoenix AZ in 2019. It gets hot (that’s all it does here). Since 2019 my property value has doubled. Only reason I don’t sell is because I don’t know where I would go.

[@IHateMyAccountName]

Phoenix is gonna be borderline uninhabitable in the next 20-30 years with the heat. Sell when it's high.

[@sashasavisha146]

The realtors in Phoenix are like sharks. They circle your house with flyers, phone calls and texts for any sign of blood or desire to sell. Whether you express interest in selling or not.

[@Golfing422]

I live 2.5 miles from the Detroit river. There’s plenty of water here and housing is very affordable.

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

Maya Mai from PBS Terra did this topic. They said the safe places are between the latitudes of Chicago and Atlanta.

[@kzisnbkosplay3346]

If we don't question those wealthy people who move to a summer home, we should. They are raising home prices. Those second homes are taking housing from people who need it. There is enough housing in the country now for everyone, if it were fairly distributed.

[@alexvagias5295]

Fairly distributed?? Huh? Wealthy people aren't interested in being fair. How do you think they got wealthy?

[@FinancialShinanigan]

According to rich people, Mars.

[@andrewgonzales1359]

This should really say: “Carbon sequestration is a chemically inefficient process. Even when people knew that fossil fuels would be ecologically damaging, they decided to use them anyway. Solar is the most effective option.”.

[@b.r.207]

That's a weird way to spell nuclear (jkjk, but not really.)

[@billw8476]

solar is not the answer on a large scale....clean burning natural gas is.

[@jimslancio]

Other things that could be mentioned are infrastructure and cultural amenities. Two years ago I chose to relocate to Cleveland, and have felt good about the choice ever since.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

There is no culture there in Cleveland

[@ivanteevee9480]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN there entire economy was lebron james

[@jimglenn6972]

I agree that NE Ohio is a great place. Temperate climate with a few hot days in the summer, rock, jazz and classical music, affordable housing, farmlands, education and health care are all fantastic.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

Ain't nobody moving to no raggedy ass Cleveland Ohio.

[@rubymckinley4909]

Can't hide from this one.

[@bradyf585]

Thank you for doing this report. It is important for us to be thinking about this.

[@chanellekirch]

This was put together very well. Thank you all for sharing this knowledge etc.

[@tammyforbes2101]

When I was a kid they built our road up to make it so it didn’t flood and I was on that road the other day and it was having to be raised again even more cause it now floods over where it was built up before. Goes to show how much worse flooding has got in Ky in the past 40 years!

[@lpappas474]

Sounds like they built a road on unstable ground.

[@ClubMayview]

Earth settles naturally

[@tammyforbes2101]

@@lpappas474 it’s in the hills of Appalachia red clay and rocks

[@crazerai]

You can run but you can't hide!

[@johnskogman5623]

DeSantis won't let Orlando get to far ahead of themselves. Ugg.

[@mariothedude1]

Instead of suggesting where people can move to "escape" climate change, how about we talk about what we can do to tackle climate change? This video will only benefit those who are more wealthy and have more assets and resources and take advantage of those less fortunate in these areas. This can create a new form of gentrification IMO

[@fixieroy]

Theres nothing YOU can do at this point. Dont you get it. We are at a point that required statewide/ national level changes. You buying smart light bulbs wont put a dent in whats coming. 2100 is predicted to be the start of a real downfall and thats 80 years away- what can you possibly do? The answer is Nothing. Hence why this video is saying Dont be stupid- make plans to move / live in a climate safe area long term.

[@DerrickCartercosmostravels]

im poor and i just moved up north

[@Jc-ms5vv]

Nothing we can do to stop abrupt irreversible climate change

[@alexvagias5295]

Encourage people to have smaller families. This planet cannot sustain 7 billion people. Not even half that. We are destroying it. Some scientists say that it is, already, too late as global warming began in 1984. I didn't believe that when I first read it, but, now, it seems plausible.

[@Jc-ms5vv]

@@alexvagias5295 global warming was probably irreversible by 1984, the planet started warming long before that. Nothing will stop the warming now other then getting back down close to pre industrial levels. Which isn't possible in the short time we have before we see a blue ocean event in the Arctic

[@lil_lyrix]

I think the Detroit-Toledo-Ann Arbor area has a lot of potential, 3 Low risk cities all pretty close together.

[@supadave422]

Michigan in general will be safe

[@michiganman8383]

Grand Rapids area also,specially with the Lake Michigan Beaches near by.

[@zyxnix]

I wouldn't live in Toledo if you paid me.

[@lil_lyrix]

@@zyxnix Me neither, but in general people that aren’t from the Midwest probably have a better opinion of Toledo than Detroit.

[@zm4904]

They probably don’t know that Toledo exists.

[@TheEngineer404]

I'm sorry Orlando is not a good choice due to the hurricane criteria and increasing average temperatures.

[@thegreataynrand7210]

It's not a problem

[@Trtevoorryu]

It's safer than Miami or any other coastal city

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

@@thegreataynrand7210 yes it is

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

@@Trtevoorryu not by much Denver way safer no gators no high humidity or hurricanes

[@MrGlendale111]

When you see some of the people in Florida. It's obvious they are not the brightest bulb in the lamp. I doubt many of them live in the reality of much of anything. Especially the environment of this day and age. It's sad but it's true. They ignore the seriousness of the issues regarding climate change.

[@The.Renovator]

I'm glad suburban sprawl has entered the public discussion more and more. It's totally unsustainable and a pretty wasteful use of land, we're expanding out sprawling suburbs into areas that probably shouldn't be inhabited. Mixed use areas with townhouses/apartments and retail all within walking distance of each other. We shouldn't need a vehicle to do day-to-day things.

[@chrisbarr959]

Orlando is only a couple feet above sea level and lies in hurricane central

[@dereknewbury163]

This is totally laughable. Talk about re-arranging the chairs on the Titanic

[@alexvagias5295]

That's a good one! I needed a good laugh.

[@peterbanh1364]

The Great Lakes areas are safe. Lot of fresh water and far from the oceans. However, the downside is cold in the winter with lot of snow and not by the ocean.

[@greenmachine5600]

And hot in the summer

[@Jc-ms5vv]

What about wet bulb temperatures?

[@driftlesshermit]

It's good until there's 10s of millions of climate refugees fighting over dwindling resources. All places will eventually be affected. Infinite growth on a finite planet was never sustainable.

[@peterbanh1364]

@@driftlesshermit The fresh water in the Great Lakes regions can easily sustain hundreds of millions of people.

[@driftlesshermit]

@@peterbanh1364 Nothing is sustainable long-term when it comes to modern humans. We tend to overpopulate and overconsume everywhere we go. We are the only species that thinks it needs "stuff " in order to live fulfilling lives. Too many tipping points have already been tipped. I honestly can't believe we made it this long. Enjoy it while you can, and if you haven't already, it would be a good idea to put a knot in your tadpole canal.

[@drticktock4011]

Hhhhmmmm...I guess we need to update Asheville NC.

[@lmvcnn]

Remind me that density of dinosaur bones were discovered in certain areas.

[@christinebutler7630]

I'm near Asheville, and our summers are getting longer and much, much hotter. I'm ready to.go north after 22 years here. As for affordable housing, forget it, we have too many rich retired floridiots moving here and jacking up prices.

[@michaelwoehl8822]

When food and water sources begin to dry up nowhere will be safe, especially cities.

[@rh88841]

Duluth MN or anywhere on the Great Lakes will be the best places to live

[@sashamoore9691]

Very tru . Great Lakes area will be the best move

[@jamesn7156]

Just curious why they didn’t put Chicago on their list, but every city around it. I would think Chicago’s climate is pretty close to Detroit and Milwaukee.

[@NancySmyth]

Probably lack of affordable housing

[@carsonmyers2258]

@@NancySmyth it’s actually really affordable compared to income here just the taxes are a little high

[@NancySmyth]

@@carsonmyers2258 yes, for sure, and yet not compared to the other Great Lakes cities

[@flyingbanana4179]

@@NancySmyth Yeah, Milwaukee is big on affordable housing. Every housing project in city limits right now has some affordable housing in it.

[@MadMyke101]

I moved from California to Cincinnati Ohio and it was the best thing I could have done for myself. I work in education and I own my own home as a single guy. Never would have been doable in California. I love my new home!

[@lewiscarrol3586]

Co-chair of the U.N.’s International Panel on Climate Change, Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer, spilled the beans in 2010: “One must free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. [What we’re doing] has almost nothing to do with the climate. We must state clearly that we use climate policy to redistribute de facto the world’s wealth.”

[@colleensaunders6804]

As the saying goes: You can run but you can’t hide. Climate migration will only work if we leave our bad habits behind and start our new lives with off-grid self sustaining housing and smaller homes for a start. The cities must incorporate into their policies from the get-go strict water conversation, limits of one car per household (preferably hybrid), and build good efficient public transportation that residents are encouraged to use by making downtown parking fees extremely high so park and ride becomes the default choice for residents. Small changes with big impact. There’s no alternative. We cannot prevent the coming climate disaster without making big changes even if they are uncomfortable at first.

[@jtheo1450]

Once we go past the point of no return, all we can do is reduce the suffering. We have 9 or 10 years left. I don't see global governments and businesses turning this around in that time frame

[@lorainec1435]

Not sure why this doesn’t mention Chicago, it’s the 3rd largest city!

[@trishaanderson7344]

Lowering our personal consumption should be foremost!

[@jamesbennett5430]

Life is carbon. Living a low carbon life is called ‘death’. The only thing I agree with in this piece is ‘if you don’t like where you are then move’. Of course ‘you take you wherever you go’.

[@jackbrennan592]

“You must earn it” said by someone who definitely lives in California.

[@tylergooding9743]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@georgev5766]

Loved in south Florida for little over a decade. I lived the last 4 years there 1 block away from A1A (ocean blvd) right on the beach. The authorities had to re-sand the beach like 4 times in the last 3 years. Red tide was horrible; dolphins and fish would constantly wash ashore. It was bad. Hurricanes we’re getting pretty frequent and “missing” us by 100 miles. Not a place you wanna be.

[@RobertMJohnson]

that must be why the map of florida is the same as it was when Ponce de Leon showed up 500 years ago

[@DorianPaige00]

@@RobertMJohnson You tell 'em. Florida is more robust when most people think. The one place that is getting hit hard is California but it's not as much due to climate change as folks tried to tame and live in a desert. If you have moderate rainfall, you can grow trees but then when the trend NATURALLY swings the other way, you get wildfires and then mudslides. From the 50's-80's, southern California received more rain that it had in prior decades. Furthermore, the climate has been a bit warmer especially in certain places in distinct times. For instance, England used to compete with France in making wine. Today England is too cold and rainy for that.

[@onlyoneamong300]

That's one of several reasons why I left Florida in 1996! Back then there were already signs of flooding in Miami and the constant threat of hurricanes, crazy traffic, horrible drivers, and the heat and humidity became totally unbearable! Amazingly, I managed to convince my parents, siblings, and nephews to move to the Great Lakes area! It's not perfect, but at least people are polite, know how to drive, houses are cheaper, and there are seasons! Four beautiful seasons, for God sakes! Not just heat, humidity, and bitchy people everywhere! So, cold weather's not for everyone but in my case, I never looked back!

[@Odm1776]

I’m from Ohio and the amount of people moving to Cleveland (where I’m from) and Cincinnati (where I go to school) especially from the west coast is crazy lol

[@PoringPoring951]

Texas is seeing the same thing. House market up by nearly 25-40%. 400k in 2018 is not 650k in 2021. Crazy.

[@Odm1776]

@@PoringPoring951 because of the hills in Cincinnati’s housing market is expensive compared to the rest of Ohio

[@kickazz999]

Cleveland is vibrant city

[@r.pres.4121]

Cleveland is a dying decaying dump. You couldn’t pay me to live in Cleveland.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

​@@kickazz999Probably 60 years ago not now.

[@ginadepaolo1236]

Interesting how indiana was left out while all but one surrounding state were included. The information here isn't exactly on target. Any state in the northern part of the country will be beneficial to people during climate change.

[@inorite4553]

Cities will also need to focus more on removing regulations that encourage car dependency and move more towards higher density housing, walkable neighborhoods and housing and commercial removing around public transportation/rail. Our cities need to look more like European cities and a hell of a lot less like Houston. God! Houston is a depressing concrete and car filled desert.