People are moving to this Midwest city for one particular reason

[@Aenima308]

I predict those same people moving to Duluth will leave once they experience their first winter. They’re brutal

[@zu0832]

They can run but they can't hide

[@billmurray7473]

We Chicagoans have seen winters just as bad in our history. A few of ours made the Guinness Book.

[@anthonygaiman4815]

I personally doubt that if someone lives south of the 49th parallel, they would most certainly be able to survive a winter as long as their home is heated, insulated and they own a jacket thicker than a sports coat or a wind breaker. My father moved from Sudan to Winnipeg during winter and he was able to withstand -20 C. A California should be able to withstand -10 degrees centigrade.

[@laurawestenra]

I mean, I grew up there so maybe I'm used to it... It's not that bad anymore. If you're cold you put on some layers and a coat. Problem solved. Get a snow blower if you don't like shoveling.

[@edmonddupuis2521]

@Rico Hawj ⁰9l

[@mix1313]

I've lived here for 43 years, nobody calls us the San Francisco of the mid west.... figure it out. It's a beautiful place I have been fortunate to live in. But don't try and make it into something else, that takes away from what it is.

[@thomasopdahl1873]

Anybody that comes expecting San Francisco will end that notion right after they've gotten past the hilly streets. It is Duluth, quirky, obstinate, wishing it had left the waterfront as it was, hoping in the back of everyone's minds that they were on a laker while running the ac in their car when It is 65 degrees outside. The lake is a destination and a way to get there. It is a big flat clear mountain range and sea all at once. Every red road that meant anything led to an iron ore pit. If you haven't ridden a snowmobile through birch trees on a single rut of a trail, you haven't really experienced childhood. If you haven't developed a strange connection to a French trapper, you also haven't really experienced a childhood. And if you miss the place, even while you live there, you are certainly from there. You can't live in Duluth except to feel all that, That is the gift of the place more than it being an escape from what it isn't.

[@billykobilca6321]

Yup, waves of newcomers have a way of screwing up things. Especially traffic. This place is that place.

[@jessebakken3649]

I think they say that because of downtown being on a hill. That is the only thing I can say compares, but you’re also right.

[@jimbrew4529]

It does have the nickname of "the Norwegian Riveria" due the moderating temperature influence of Lake Superior.

[@chickentender4037]

@@thomasopdahl1873 Are you a writer? Your description was lyrical and evocative. It must have been a wonderful childhood.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

I just traveled through Duluth a few weeks ago. It's an awesome town and gorgeous. But the winters are brutal. I'd hate to see an influx of people and all the oldness of the town be erased.

[@ATRTAP]

lol trust me, nobody’s moving to Duluth. You said it.

[@giovannirafael5351]

There are more important things at stake though.

[@bradleyhenderson1198]

Duluth will be all the rage in a few decades. Why do you think Duluth Trading Company came in to the greater market? To popularize Duluth. Maybe also look in to the ancient history of the area.

[@MatthewSpencerKociol]

As an Ex Californian (was born there, didn't consent to being one!), I apologize. Californians ruin everything don't they? Fortunately for Midwesterners, Californians are like most other Americans from the sun belt, they aren't going to be able to live somewhere with -50 wind chill.

[@geekedmaxx]

Fake article fake news nobodys moving to deluth , news just be making up anything so they can make money

[@66block84]

I grew up in Duluth. I left 40 years ago for steady employment. Didn't go far, just Minneapolis. Summers are great up there, winters can be brutal. Buy a snowblower, 4 wheel drive and long underwear. Enjoy! Oh yeah, cars sliding down hill have the right of way.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@allgoo1990 "food shortage" You must be an urbanite who is unfamiliar with the Midwest... 😆

[@66block84]

@@allgoo1990 No Sh.t Sherlock, you must be brilliant.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@allgoo1990 Yes, I grew up in the rural Midwest, and we lived on a small farm. My first on-the-books, tax-paying job was detassling corn when I was twelve years old. Most of the food I ate came from our family's garden. A quarter acre plot with good topsoil (plentiful and cheap in the Midwest) is enough to feed a family of six. Add another couple of acres for livestock, access to hunting grounds, and a cistern system, and one can be fairly self-sustaining on fewer than ten acres. I am going to be buying ten acres in Missouri for about 40k. I'm a skilled tradesman, and I'm a good shot. I'll be fine. Are you not even American or something? You do know that the average suburban American house comes with about a quarter acre of land, right? Cities take up very little of the land in the USA, and most of the land is arable. We also have access to over 10% of the world's surface freshwater.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@allgoo1990 Why does production measured in tonnage matter to someone whose goal is to be self-sustaining? I'm not trying to make profit off of it. I have other skills that I can use for generating much more profit than I ever could as a farmer. Detassling isn't a production process. If you knew anything about farming, you'd know that it's a method of controlling pollination for the production of seed stock. Again, production in tonnage is irrelevant. What does drought in Texas have to do with my plans for a farm in Missouri? Missouri is in the Midwest, not the Southwest. Since you don't seem to understand much about American geography, climate, or cultures, I'll let you know a few things about the Midwest. It has some of the best topsoil in the world, and most of the land is very flat and easily farmed. The Midwest is also famous for its abundant water resources. The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers both go through the heart of the Midwest, it is bordered by the Ohio River, and it shares the Great Lakes (again, 10% of the planet's surface freshwater) with Canada. This is not some Pacific island nation where farmland is precious. Farmland in the Midwest is cheap, plentiful, and productive. Face the fact: wherever you are, it's going to suffer much worse consequences than where I am. We're not all in this together. It won't be equally bad for everyone. Think about it this way; isn't it better that a coastal city of 10 million largely unskilled, unproductive people sinks into the ocean than to have a single productive small town in Europe or North America become economically threatened? I think so. If that town faces hardship, millions of people could go un-fed. If millions of sweatshop workers drown, they can be easily replaced.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@allgoo1990 The Southwest is already a desert, and it has been that way for at least the past 1,000 years. There's little to no agriculture there anyway. Why do you keep bringing that up? Are you unable to tell the difference between the Southwest and the Midwest? They're not even neighboring regions... Seriously, do a web search for "Midwest states," and look for a satellite image of the region. See it there, up by Canada? See those giant lakes? See all those giant rivers? See how green it is? See how far it is from any ocean? When it comes to climate change, it is one of the least at-risk parts of the world. Why won't you address the fact that you don't seem to actually know anything about the USA, especially the Midwest region? Can you please just write a normal post instead of this weird format you keep using? I told you where I'm from, so why won't toy tell me where you're from?

[@michaelmccauley648]

I’ve lived in southern New Jersey for 34 years now, spent all of my life in Philly or the surrounding areas. Make no mistake, summers are getting hotter and longer, spring and fall shorter, and winters milder and bereft of snow. As a boy, I remember snow covering the ground from Thanksgiving to late March or early April (1960’s). There’s definitely something going on.... don’t believe those bent on denying climate change or global warming - whichever name you want to give to it. There are too many of us, too many industrialized machines we believe necessary for our existence, not enough clean water, destruction of multiple ecosystems, too much drought over too much of the globe, and still far too much dependence on fossil fuels. We’ve already begun our own extinction.

[@newalchemy9742]

I feel, at the very least, the climate/seasons have shifted. Living in eastern CT, I distinctly remember as a kid wearing shorts & t-shirts during April vacation from school. By May, it was pretty much summer. Once school came back, by mid-September it was clearly fall, with crisp, cold evenings. October was a prelude towards winter. Now, I can wear summer clothes to around Halloween lots of years and have to wait until mid-May for it to actually feel warm enough to put the fleece pullovers away.

[@darryltaylor7890]

Another guy from South Jersey here.....I've observed the same thing.

[@nannettehuffman8397]

And man’s continued efforts to drain all standing water, continue to channelize rivers so they can build on flood plains, create dams so to make the desert green…. The list is long of what man thinks are improvements, and they are not. They just continue to destroy natural areas. The area from Lake Erie to ft Wayne Indiana use to be a swamp. All of the southern tip of Lake Michigan for 100 miles use to be a swamp. Ya, but where would all the rich build their houses?? CA deserves every fire they have. People want everything…. They live in a damn desert but want a green lawn. There is a price for that. People can’t see past their hand in front of them.

[@michaelmccauley648]

@@nannettehuffman8397 Agreed..... and the rest of us pay the price right along with them.

[@paulmiles5285]

I grew up in the same areas and definitely noticed the change of inconsistency in the climate.When I was a kid the chill for the fall started after Labor Day now it doesn’t really get cold until about Halloween and the Summers are becoming more humid with scorching heat

[@marleew6455]

Welcome to MN! Let’s not deceive you though, the clip should’ve also showed someone shoveling 2 feet of snow out of their driveway in -50 winds so they could slip all over the icy roads to get to work. But we love it here anyway dontchaknow!!💕

[@zakfrisvold4261]

Hey slipping all over the icy roads is fun though! (Unless you're sliding down the hill in Duluth LOL!)

[@kentstallard6512]

I'm trying to decide if I'd rather die in a forest fire or move back to the Midwest which I escaped 25 years ago. Ugh...

[@Traveljetsetter954]

@@kentstallard6512 that Part

[@caligirlbailey7631]

Oh yah hay. I moved to Cali from WI and I can't say I miss those winters. I actually moved middle of winter when wind chills were -80. I absolutely love it out here but the fires are crazy. Would love to escape them but not sure I could handle all that cold again. Been out here over 10 years and don't even own a "winter" jacket anymore

[@leoniestorbakken4577]

@@kentstallard6512 same

[@applebottomjeans333]

As someone from Minnesota, it’s really weird to think there may be a wave of out-of-towners moving here. It’s a pretty insular place with a distinct regional culture, so I have mixed feelings about mass migration. Part of the reason Minnesota is nice is because there is so much nature preserved

[@startsomewhere5467]

Climate refugees

[@dannmarceau]

Happening all over.

[@dannmarceau]

Now you know how the native Americans feel/felt.

[@porterwake3898]

Enjoy the liberals and minorities moving there to destroy everything you have!

[@thedenskan3440]

@@porterwake3898 How does this connect? You litteraly just want attention and trouble. Quit it.

[@JCLEE2023]

They're gonna see why people in the Midwest region, specifically northern Midwest are some of the toughest people in the US. We endure 4 seasons.

[@jediscot]

And those 4 seasons can have a temperature variation of 125+ degrees.

[@carladams9345]

Take it easy bro, it's not like they don't have homes, cars, and modern technology.

[@frizzlefry1921]

@@carladams9345 Unless they don't.

[@keithpugh7538]

@@frizzlefry1921 pretty sure they not talking about homeless, they have shelters. Plus having 4 seasons makes you tougher how?

[@keithpugh7538]

The people in the north don’t have 4 seasons? And Canada would like to tell you to have a 💺

[@Learnamericanenglishonline]

Californians won't last through their first winter if they live in the city. You have to know how to drive on ice-covered streets that are really steep, and the cold will chill you down to the bone.

[@venkateshsrinivasan8457]

I live in bay area, California, and let me tell you, You are a 100% correct. It rained for the whole week, which is extremely uncommon, and all of a sudden everyone has a cold. Runny noses, sneezing.

[@phreenom]

Just so you're aware, there are many places in California that receive snow, and up in the mountains, it's often way more snow than any part of Minnesota gets... Now the extreme cold and windchill, that's another matter.

[@discowolf25]

@@phreenom We know. Try getting up at 4:30am when it’s literally-37 degrees. Good luck! 😂. If you’re from Cali Ima tell you rn- do not come to Minneapolis and run your mouth about being from Cali. It doesn’t matter what gender you are; We hate you and I’m not kidding. The influx of your BS made us straight up aggressive towards anyone from Cali. If you think this city is anything like “Fargo” ahaha ahahaha Ahahahahahahaha these boys will drop you with hollow points. We’re the most misunderstood city in the country. The desperation here is very real. Anyway, just a heads up.

[@niarazu3883]

Most Californians that are moving there would probably be techies anyway working from home, so I doubt this would be a problem. Get ready, they're coming.

[@discowolf25]

@@niarazu3883 they’ve been here lol. We been using north loop crowd as code now and, that was after the 2011ish western burb heist of the warehouse district smdh 😂

[@NomadicLiving]

Currently, as of Aug 2021, they have a wildfire in northern MN due to drought conditions. It is likely there will be no guarantees.

[@a.barker7792]

I was there in the last 10 years and in the boundary waters there are thousands of acres downed trees which equals fuel.

[@twaxagone5989]

It's on the Canadian side of the BWCA

[@rodneyboehner3007]

Climate migrants? Don't worry about people coming to Duluth. Nobody cares about MN. CNN is fake news.

[@a.barker7792]

@@rodneyboehner3007 you've never been there then. Hyway 61 !

[@rodneyboehner3007]

@@a.barker7792 I've never been to Antartica or Afghanistan either, but that doesn't mean I wanna.

[@blususpect]

Duluth is a nice quiet place! Please don’t ruin it.....

[@sk.chichang5373]

Exactly .

[@The_SmorgMan]

You get enough CA transplants and it’s guaranteed to be ruined

[@jawbreakercovington806]

You serious? That place is a h#^l hole. And the cops are the absolute worst.

[@themarchhare1376]

Isn't it weird how these liberal cities brainwash the people until they ruin the entire city and then the city crashes and they spread out like cockroaches and continue with the same practices....... Almost like it's intentional.....

[@5SMR2018]

@@themarchhare1376 coincidence 🤔

[@jjunture]

As a Duluthian, let me just say “SHHHHHHHHH. The housing market is bad enough here as is. Shut up shut up shut up!!!!”

[@jolayneskoglund7615]

Yep... Stay away!

[@jamtommy6446]

Too late... Joe Potato's gonna build a bunch of cages up there.

[@MoonPrincessHalation]

@@jamtommy6446 👈 *FAKE* account.

[@jamtommy6446]

@@MoonPrincessHalation

[@JusdoinstuF]

natives probably felt the same way about you.

[@krisr8011]

Warmer winters actually are unwelcome. The north needs the bitter cold for long enough periods to kill off the insects moving up from the south as the winters warm. Some are much more destructive to our forests now because the winters are not cold enough to kill off a lot of them as was the case even 20 years ago.

[@katiecrowley3417]

yes, warmer winters and a changing climate here will change the forest or possibly eliminate it eventually. Plus a lot of us enjoy winter and activities like snowmobiling, skiing, ice fishing, etc. This last summer here was brutally hot (at least for this Duluthian) with a severe drought, fires in the Superior National Forest, and smoke that was so bad I even missed a day of work from asthma. It was our hottest summer on record. I'll take winter any day over that. I can bundle up and go hike in subzero temps, but I can't even go outside in the heat and smoke.

[@danholm4952]

WAY to many humans, need a REAL pandemic culling billions of humans

[@viewfromthehillswift6979]

Yes, in Vermont there is "the termite line" -- the line, moving north, where termites have arrived. There is also real worry that warmer winters will destroy the maple sugar industry, shorten the logging season (which done in the dead of winter when the ground is hard and the trees are dry).

[@tycobb2580]

fr won't it cause flooding too?

[@badguy1481]

@@katiecrowley3417 I lived near Marquette, MI (to the East of Duluth). The winters (WHEN the U.P. was getting a LOT of snow in the early 1970's), were GREAT. Snowmobiling from October through May. And with so few roads the State trucks ALWAYS had the roads cleared. So there were no travel problems. And we could pay someone to plow our driveways and sidewalks...so much less work than I experience now further south, in Milwaukee.

[@allendean9807]

I’ve learned a long time ago, home is where you’re at right now. I’ve lived in 5 states, three countries, and i believe it’s made me a better person. It’s made my kids more world wise. It’s never a bad thing to see what else is available.

[@mtadams2009]

I am envious of you. I moved late in life and I have never been able to adjust. I miss my friends and family so very much. So much so I have thought about leaving my wife over it. My wife is more like you and loves living in new places. I feel empty and alone. Take care

[@allendean9807]

@@mtadams2009 I’m so sorry that you feel so upset about it, Scott. For myself, my wife is my family, and she’s all I’ve ever needed. Sure, i miss my mama, who still lives in Sacramento. But I’ve never really needed old friends. I enjoy making new friends. Moving is always scary. It’s always a challenge. But, i learned a long time ago to live with myself, by myself. Once you do that, you can live anywhere. And, as an added bonus, you’re never alone. You’ve got YOU.

[@mtadams2009]

@@allendean9807 Thanks take care

[@OneJame]

I'm currently abroad in SE Asia, been here for 6 months. Native Californian, but a military kid and eventual veteran myself, so I'm used to being moved around. I want a place to settle into. A place I can stay the majority of the year and take long vacations. Duluth looks like a wonderful place to do just that! I agree that spending much time abroad has made me a more balanced human being. I'll likely be planning a long vacation for those harsh winters 🥶

[@NullStaticVoid]

"for one particularly reason"? Guess they left the titles up to the interns this week. While the managing editor of the web team was on vaca. Thats a really bad typo. DO gotta say it's typical of us Americans to move rather than deal with climate change by changing the habits which produce climate change.

[@andyxfish]

That’s why you’re supposed to get vaccinated.

[@martinluthierking]

typo?

[@psarahgalarneau]

Get your shit together CNN. I have an 8th grade education, and I caught your error in less than 3 seconds. I’m happy to send you my resume. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@automnejoy5308]

​@@psarahgalarneau You're too intelligent to work there. They only hire a certain type of employee.

[@Frosty-gj7wv]

I am very tired and was about to turn it off but I had to reread the title too many times I had to check that I wasn't the only one who noticed lol Its amazing how few comments there are about it haha

[@catalinacurio]

You are as safe as you care for your environment, look after Mother Earth, for the moment she’s all we’ve got. 🌍

[@5SMR2018]

Fax

[@hectormorales5306]

Is this part of that Propaganda campaign to move people out of Countrysides and/or less attractive to people and pack them into cities for the futer megacities ????? What was that in those agenda 2030 things??🤔

[@hectormorales5306]

History shows.... Getting rid of the controlled Burns yearly in California added to the excessive wildfire situation... I like your comment because it does show how We can do a better job and we have done a better job for centuries. Maintaining forestry. I agree with the tree hugger cause in California but Stopping the yearly controlled Burns. Well that just added to this

[@BobDavis-cp5wp]

This is propaganda news has already been exposed by project veritas.

[@MrJames1471]

@@hectormorales5306 All they were saying was to take care of the environment. Where's the propaganda in that?

[@stonerkitchen8688]

People build houses where they know there is risk and are surprised when risk happens.

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirm

[@kentstallard6512]

Well...about 74 million Americans believe climate change is a hoax, so...

[@scottmurray9086]

rather than "people" I'd say real estate developers and heads of construction companies. Perhaps it comes down to greed, to conveniently ignore the truth that your climate has changed. We can't build for the climate of the past. We need to build for the climate of the present and more importantly the future. That's how I see it.

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

💯

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

@@kentstallard6512 Exactly 😂

[@carlosmendez1884]

Well, that city's home prices are going to go up. Congrats to those who own homes in Duluth!

[@gillianmerphy7743]

Many thanks!

[@onomatopoeia162003]

Some over in Mankato are over 1M

[@xyzsame4081]

And they will price out the locals - those that do not YET have homes. Or live for rent. - Only the city could change that or the state buy buying up land and building affordable housing (apartments, parks - see what they did in Vienna in the 1920s and 1930s).

[@xyzsame4081]

On the short run it will stall the real estate price explosion in California, but if you pay a few hundred thousand for a home and THEN after 20 years you are in trouble ? And they also do not build homes that could withstand a fire. (Earth walls or brick and mortar, thick walls, but likely it is hard to build that way. At some points the insurers will go bankrupt, the large ! insurers have left the high risk areas already. If they had PLANNED for compact housing (apartments, row houses at the max) then it would be easier to defend the settlements and they could concentrate people in certain areas. Taking out forests around them, so the fire will pass by because there is not enough fuel to sustain it. Having water trenches that are overgrown (structures and climbing plants and maybe fruit trees that shades the water (so less water evaporates). the vegetation would be gone, but if it is solid metal it would withstand. or they make it wood and the communtiy pulls togehter to erect if after a fire. The water would create a barrier for fires. Would be also a refuge for wildlife and pleasant to look at.

[@crand20033]

Those who own homes usually have to buy another.

[@jicalzad]

I like when the local lady said "...if you are going to come here, then you need to support us as indigenous peoples so that your climate solution does not end up in our cultural or spiritual genocide." I found that statement ironic.

[@philipmcgee8425]

Yeah I am darker than her and have creek and cherokee in me. Where do I sign up to get interviewed to act holier than though and call anyone who moves near me "colonists". Give me a break.

[@Artorius009]

Sounded pretty damn racist to me.

[@jonanderson4474]

She is. She doesn't do anything for anyone. Not to mention she canceled our culture already. Can't powwow can't sweat. Can't even have a birthday with more than five cars in the driveway. Not to mention she don't allow religious or medical exemption for her employees. She never answers her phone and she has firm beliefs in nepotism. And she smells bad.

[@badguy1481]

Hey...the ONLY reason this Chippewa women lives in Duluth is because her "colonial" ancestors drove out the PREVIOUS residents of the area, the Lakota Sioux, in the1640's. So remember when pointing an accusing finger at others, 3 of them are pointing back at YOU!

[@juliansearcie1758]

​@@Artorius009 if your white you should know you people perpetuate and revel in it

[@thechurchofsillybeggars8912]

When will we learn that no one is coming to save us from ourselves?

[@dawns4641]

From a Minnesotan....Duluth is very cold, heavier snow because of the lake and windy, not much industry. Snow melts in April or May and snows as early as October. Also, our summers get up in the 90’s with thick mosquitoes and high humidity. We are also having more cloudy days in fall and winter here, bring your light box and some long johns.

[@lewiechase8608]

This sounds the same as extreme Northern New York. What can I say?

[@signalfire6]

@@lewiechase8608 It is. I spent way too many years in upstate NY. Never again. People wonder why the housing is so cheap - because it costs thousands every year to heat them and you take your life in your hands just going out for a walk or drive half of the year.

[@lewiechase8608]

@@signalfire6 I love and would not have it any other way. It does help to keep the rift raft out. Where were you drum?

[@zakfrisvold4261]

@@lewiechase8608 I think it is similar in the fact both places get DUMPED on with snowstorms because of the geography. More so than Minneapolis or Chicago. I do believe Duluth is a fair bit colder though as it is much further north than NY.

[@johnjon4688]

Ya. Rochester is a better option than Duluth.

[@stayinalive9434]

I left Ca in 1975 for Oregon and have loved it until about 10 yrs ago. The wildfires come every year just when the weather clears. Weeks on end of coughing and living indoors because of air pollution. Living with suitcases packed by the door in level 2 evac gets old. I am resolved to move now because there is only more drought and high hot winds in the future. It is truly heartbreaking.

[@gillianmerphy7743]

much thanks!

[@sierrachoco5271]

Move to upstate NY - two great lakes, beautiful terrain and you'll freeze your ass off in the winter. Oh well, can't have everything!

[@theweeklynewsexplosion5358]

Come here to San Francisco that woman in the vid was completely overreacting about the fire season here it is nothing compared to what you are talking about the air quality just gets a little mediocre

[@dadduorp]

What part of Oregon do you live?

[@stayinalive9434]

@@dadduorp In the Rogue valley in Josephine county, which is southern Oregon. A beautiful place to visit.

[@LAEDCSolutions]

I like how they are acting like people are gonna take the mayflower there Lolol.

[@johnbob4545]

LMAO.

[@chuckkottke]

Let's see.. take the sailing ship down and around Tierra del Fuego, then up to the St. Lawrence seaway. Then follow the locks through the great lakes until you get to Superior, thence to the SW corner of the lake. Bring provisions, blankets, saunas, and warm fuzzy ear muffs.🌞

[@Royalbob123]

😂

[@toebeans1385]

You can always bundle up when it’s cold. There’s only so much you can do to keep cool when the air is on fire

[@MD-jf1ml]

Yeah. Ever been outside at -30?

[@giovannirafael5351]

@@MD-jf1ml Ever been outside at nearly 50 ºC near a fire covered in smoke? People survive even in northern Canada or Greenland, nobody survives burning.

[@MD-jf1ml]

@@giovannirafael5351 I was asking a simple question…not directed at you. Don’t be dramatic.

[@nonamesinenomine]

@@giovannirafael5351 there was just a wildwire in the boundary waters near here..

[@ahbwisurfnpaddle]

@@MD-jf1ml yes...we surfed the lake then.

[@jimslancio]

After living in California for 30 years, which I loved, cost-of-living considerations motivated me to move upon retirement. Natural beauty is a good thing, but the combination of a reasonable cost of living and cultural amenities led me to move to Cleveland. Coming up on two years later, I feel it was an excellent choice. Cold and snowy in the winter, yes; but otherwise climactically boring - and that's a good thing.

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

The Midwest is the new promised land

[@davidboeger6766]

I've been considering Cleveland more recently as well. For some odd reason, I never realized it was along the Great Lakes, until one day when I was specifically looking for cities around the Great Lakes and saw Cleveland. I guess whenever I thought of Ohio, I just thought of inland cities like Columbus and Cincinnati.

[@leenorton4888]

This comment's only purpose is to point out the grammatical error in a clickbait video. Good job, CNN.

[@davidellis5141]

* Particular @CNN

[@gerlalu6647]

😂🤣

[@hmxr715]

Isn’t Duluth subjected to brutal cold in winter? 🤡🤡

[@jjunture]

I mean... air temps get to -40 (which is the same in either Celsius or Fahrenheit, so there is a fun fact you learn by living here). We had one stint this winter where the temp never got above 0 Fahrenheit for nine days.

[@abadstroller]

YAH.

[@dannmarceau]

Not for much longer.

[@hmxr715]

@@jjunture Brrrrrr.

[@alexrivera1092]

I would never move out of California. I would plant more trees to make it beautiful again. I am trying to move back close to the beach🌴. We need to clean up our beaches.

[@jacoburban2757]

U won’t have to for much longer they’ll be gone in a few years

[@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836]

@@jacoburban2757 Al Gore has a huge home on the beach. Guess he's not worried.

[@alexrivera1092]

@@jacoburban2757 If you look at pictures of Palos Verdes, CA in the 1940's it was a desert🏜. We mankind transform the Earth🌎 and maybe we'lll be able to do something about Mars in the next millennium.

[@alexrivera1092]

@TAKE THAT YOU AS SOUL! Expand your brain and become colorblind. A prison can be physical as well as psychological. Getting deported to another planet, that would be scary.

[@jacoburban2757]

@@alexrivera1092 😅I don’t think many people understand how difficult it is to terraform Mars it only has 1/3 of earth’s gravity no atmosphere to speak of and is very very cold 🥶 it’s a nice idea but not realistic we only have one Earth and we are literally burning it down

[@adder95]

20 years from now Breaking News: Duluth is facing an environmental breakdown, residents are rushing to find somewhere else to live

[@jamesmurphy2828]

That twenty years not now

[@jolt4532]

God I hope not. The forests and lakes here are still pristine (for the most part). There are a few lakes that have been altered due to iron mining over the last 150 years but for the most part the North Shore of Lake Superior is well kept wilderness.

[@pinksparkle4019]

Minnesota lost 13,453 residents to other states in 2021, the most in more than 30 years. Ask yourself WHY? I'm moving out of Minnesota too...

[@mcchristenson]

I have lived in duluth all my life, 34 years, and I've never heard it called the San Francisco of the north.

[@jamesvanheel4886]

Duluth, MN is a wonderful place with great culture, but don't forget about the less doted upon Superior, WI right across the bridge! Great community and access to all the same wonderful places.

[@kentstallard6512]

Culture of ice. Hardy folks up there. Not my cup of tea. Can't stand Midwest humidity and cold. I might opt to die in a forest fire.

[@frizzlefry1921]

And without the giant hills to slide down in the car in the winter.

[@jennifergross3506]

The whole Great Lakes area is amazing.

[@poorthing]

I agree. I also do not want more people moving to my state. I live in semi-rural area on the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Sorry, my county is already being overwhelmed by folks moving here from a nearby major city, guess? Chicago. No more people!

[@PG-is9vr]

I agree. Fresh water, fertile soil, four actual seasons, nice people, affordable, and culture galore. Okay, winter's are tough, but you can't have it all.

[@Floccini]

Detroit?

[@donaldcady3839]

@@poorthing Yes the FIBS are migrating to West Michigan. What a joy to behold.

[@dmrr7739]

@@poorthing I could imagine the Traverse City area booming under these circumstances.

[@MsWing-ij9nb]

Nowhere is immune to the climate crisis. I moved to the Twin Cities a few years ago, and just experienced my first wildfire smoke/smog pollution this summer for three plus consecutive days and extreme heat waves. I was also up in Duluth a month ago while wildfires were ravaging the Boundary Waters and wilderness areas in Canada. Smokey/smoggy there too. It’s scary. Meanwhile, the US government isn’t doing anything to stop the Line 3 pipeline construction in our state which will lead to irreversible damage to the environment… wish that had been reported here. AND it’s in violation of tribal land treaties. A huge huge human rights issue that the water protectors of White Earth Nation have been battling for years. #stopline3

[@ab935]

Drought has hit Ironwood, MI in the past even though it's right next to Lake Superior. Strange seeing no smoking signs way out in the woods where nobody goes.

[@allenelswick6961]

The pipeline will do about as much harm as we do by breathing. We do have some little climate change and it has not been caused by man it's a natural cycle of the earth.

[@truepercula]

Yep, . .another woke Lefty moving into our state. Just what we needed.

[@paulcanaday-elliott9834]

I visited Duluth a few times many years ago when I was doing a national children’s theater tour. It was one of my favorite places on the tour. Industrial but also pretty in its own way, especially with the lake and the bluffs. And Northern Minnesota is stunning. Duluth feels much more similar to Astoria, Oregon than San Francisco (a comparison that confuses me). My guess is that it is also not very diverse, and Californians who like California’s cultural diversity will miss that.

[@JaneTheLame]

Yeah Duluth is as white as the snow that floods it every winter

[@alexanderfretheim5720]

Yeah the better state for diversity in the Midwest is Indiana.

[@coasterexpert7501]

​@@alexanderfretheim5720 Not true. That honor would go to Illinois.

[@alexanderfretheim5720]

@@coasterexpert7501 Only right near Chicago and St. Louis. Indiana it's everywhere, especially Northern Indiana.

[@JP-xr3mu]

Oh, no worries. Chicago sent all their gangbangers, drug dealers, and welfare scammers to Duluth. There's plenty of diversity now.

[@InigoMontoya-]

I live in Duluth. To all those claiming it is, “too cold,” you need to understand you can always put on more clothing. You can always prepare for the cold. Heat, on the other hand, is much worse. If you live in the southwest, there is only so much clothing you can take off , and you will still be in danger of sunstroke, heat exhaustion, etc. I guarantee the average Duluthian enjoys more time outdoors throughout the year than your Average New Mexican. The Duluth mosquitoes though! Now that’s something to complain about.

[@lynnhettrick7588]

I grew up in the Cities and that is my mentality too. You can always put on more clothes and add more blankets to the bed. It's rather frowned upon to walk around naked. Hate the mosquitoes.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

would agree. and LOL about the taking clothes off. I'm down by the 2 interstates.

[@ginay4878]

I’ve watched KZbin vids of cars and buses sliding down hilly streets in the winter. It’s like a demolition derby

[@fixieZfixation]

I left my home to make a better life 36 years ago. One thousand miles away, and left behind a hill planted with 6 generations. What I got in return was an education, my own family, and some of the nicest friends a person could ever hope for. I have a new adopted sister that I love. The old family is still lost in their backward way of thinking. They are still back there where they were 36 years ago. When I would visit when I was younger, I would look down out of the plane and feel as if I were a time traveler, leaving behind a place I was glad to be rid of. Sometimes I would have nightmares about having to go back there and live, or wake up thinking I was living there. They could best be described as evangelical , traditionalist, hanging on to toxic past. I guess there is some good stuff in there, but you would have to pick through it to find it.

[@Artorius009]

You sound like a left wing elitist.

[@fixieZfixation]

@@Artorius009 I guess that is what they call truth speakers these days who stand up for the democracy our ancestors died for. Here is who I am: I am middle income, grow my own garden, have friends of many colors, and do not live in fear of those different than me.

[@glynnpowell9259]

You sound like the type of mentality he was trying to escape. I did the same thing when I left my small town South Georgia roots. Like him, when I return it’s like I’m in a foreign country.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

"one particularly reason" That's the quality of work at CNN, folks. Can't even be bothered to have a proofreader for titles on the videos posted to the largest video site on the internet, huh?

[@darint07]

I thought this exactly thing. (Do you see what I did there?)

[@robinrother1799]

Did you mean, "They can't be bothered", or "CNN can't be bothered"? Glasshouses and all that.

[@johnassal5838]

Ikr. Just sloppy.

[@johnassal5838]

@@robinrother1799 Yeah but one case is someone ostensibly _not_ making their living on grammatical accuracy while the other allegedly is. A little different.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

@@robinrother1799 I phrased it that way intentionally, because the sentence is a question. It was a stylistic choice, not an oversight.

[@jamescampbell390]

Yep I live in Duluth MN lots of tourists in the summer but 30 below zero is real up here it is gorgeous that why I moved here 15 years ago the zenith city as we call it people will love being here music breweries it’s awesome

[@The_SmorgMan]

Don’t just link the fires to climate... Link the fires to poor govt management of the forest...

[@jamtommy6446]

Trump was actually right on this.

[@amberleeannalee1999]

If there was not drought and hot weather there would be less fires

[@amberleeannalee1999]

@@jamtommy6446 no no he wasn’t. He wasn’t right about anything

[@jamtommy6446]

@@amberleeannalee1999 Well he was right about Meghan Markle... that's for sure.

[@Ryzin86]

@@amberleeannalee1999 California creates its own droughts through export of product that require massive water needs... but we can pretend it's climate change

[@Roof_Pizza]

I live in Canada and it's warmer here.

[@terminsane]

Last year it was colder than ever. This year not so bad. You cant use a single year as evidence of mass climate change. Thats lunacy not science.

[@Roof_Pizza]

@@terminsane I mean overall including this minute. Jeeze. Minnesota is our Winnipeg and nobody moves to Winnipeg on purpose.

[@unnecessaryapostrophe4047]

Ok.

[@Darktrik001]

It's warmer in parts of Alaska lol We had a girl move to Duluth when I was a kid and she complained about how cold it was in Duluth

[@two-sense]

I live on a small island off the north coast of Vancouver Island, B.C. Some years we have a sprinkle of snow, most years none. Our forests are soaking wet from rain in the winter and fog in the summer. It's amazing living in a rain forest. Not bragging, just, well, bragging. lol

[@hmong_keeb_kwm]

Duluth is a extremely naturally beautiful place. If mass people move to it in one go. The place will be destroy just like any place humans have go...

[@Ralphbros24]

Duluth isn’t a Climate refugee place, it’s the vacation capital of Minnesota

[@RayTutajjr]

The winters are brutal. Californians are not gonna like it. Gloomy overcast days for six months, with some sunlight breaking in. So many places better than Duluth.

[@oh-duh]

I have proof that Missouri isn't horrible. ❤️ Duluth is way too cold. Just not along the rivers, but that's obvious. Stick to the interior & not along the southern border. StL isn't nearly as bad as ppl like to make it look, if you like the city life. Kansas City is a great place, as well. Keep your toes up higher by the Ozark Hills or along anywhere the major Interstates are... Missouri is actually beautiful & not a high cost of living.

[@oh-duh]

@9 Haunted Days Well, you are allowed to misunderstand my comment. I'm saying Missouri is much better bc it still gets super cold up north of even in Iowa, Chicago, Wisconsin & Minnesota. My friends who live in all of those places, all have much longer winters & it's much colder than MISSOURI. Meaning, Missouri is much more mild & cleaner than other states/locations North of us. Plus we are known for the kindness & neighborly people who live here. My friend came from Texas & loves St. Louis. Make sense now?

[@williampatty1963]

You are right Tonight how is your family?

[@anneb889]

@@oh-duh I lived in Springfield MO for three years while my husband was in school, and part of us wanted to make it permanent. I just didn’t want to be so far from family on the east coast.

[@laurawestenra]

I was going to say. For people not used to winter, I recommend St. Louis or Kansas city. If they move to red states and live in the city (cities always pretty progressive) we'll be able to outsmart the electoral college.

[@gillianmerphy7743]

Many thanks!

[@davidellis5141]

I lived in Northern Michigan & the winters are getting shorter & the summers longer. Its also very humid in July & August. Used to be dry. Lake Michigan Is still clean !

[@hectormorales5306]

Is this part of that Propaganda campaign to move people out of Countrysides and/or less attractive to people and pack them into cities for the futer megacities ????? What was that in those agenda 2030 things??🤔

[@muddywater4505]

Northern Michigan: no tree's, dirty water and the beer is warm ... look elsewhere.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@hectormorales5306 are you people desperate to believe in conspiracy theories?

[@timmytruth3509]

Liberal Democrats ALWAYS soooo naive and out of touch obviously #BabyTimmyhasnocake

[@izodman]

I love Michigan and visit a couple times. I’ve been thinking about relocating from the south because it’s too overcrowded, hot and polluted with car exhaust down here.I would love to live in a place that has clean air and promote natural things in the environment and I see a lot of that in Michigan.

[@litao3679]

If we don't take care of Mother Earth, there eventually will not be a place to run to. THINK

[@vulgarprophet2689]

Mother earth is often trying to kill us, she kind of sucks.

[@user-ul7li5mu1s]

@@vulgarprophet2689 We murder a lot of her animals, I'd be pissed also. We also destroy her forests for farmed animals.. Mother Nature does not need us , we need her. Some food for thought.

[@jayoman4453]

Duluth is like San Francisco, homeless people and drug users downtown.. High property taxes. Poor wages and out price housing. Hopefully with the new Mayor things will change.

[@petersweeney5777]

Don’t hold your breath….I don’t know anyone who is moving to Duluth…..

[@5SMR2018]

Is it just me or are the winters are getting shorter

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirm

[@RomelloValentine]

Idk I'm in Colorado and its still snowing in April

[@planetag310]

What Winters?

[@newperson2012]

Winters are long and unpredictable as always in S. Idaho.

[@maxdakota111]

As a former resident of Duluth, MN, I never found it a place seemingly like home. I was fortunate not to experience overt racism while there but it definitely exists. I think if it hadn't been for the fact I played music and WAS able to establish myself as something of a leader I would have suffered greatly. In my ten years there I NEVER felt comfortable, where I could be myself although I fought very hard to do so given the parameters I had to work within. Ms. Diver, who I think I know, has every right to be concerned by those moving into the community who have no knowledge of the long, at times, strife riddled history of the indigenous population there. I'm thankful I no longer live there for many reasons. My sense is those white folks who can afford the move may come there, but I can assure you it won't be as many black folks who take that journey.

[@jbmikadom2755]

The words of wisdom from that indigenous lady❤️❤️

[@Brad84L]

She fears immigrants, don't you see your own hypocrisy?

[@jbmikadom2755]

@@Brad84L I'm sure you know who she means.. Far from being worried about immigrants

[@Brad84L]

@@jbmikadom2755 I know exactly what she means. I grew up in a racist environment, I know what it looks like.

[@m3gAnac0nda]

One mighty (fat) eagle

[@Darktrik001]

I found it funny she was using the term "colonizers" in the present.. they aren't colonizers in modern times. Aside from that Natives took land from each other just as anyone has in human history. You know the funny thing is when I lived in Duluth the Casino downtown owned and run by the tribe didn't even like hiring their own people.. let that sink in while you hear her whine about outsiders.

[@forcesightknight]

Mn is in a drought also. My place in southern Colorado has been dry the last few years, this year (2021) I've had over twice as much rain as my mom who lives on the Mississippi. Lake superior is going to be polluted as much as everywhere else. Maybe instead of destroying a place then moving, fix the problems before they arrive, and stay where your at.

[@lorirarich1875]

@ chadrach yes the specter of copper mining and on site Processing could ruin the lake water it winds through St Louis river way to Bay of the Lake, St Louis Bay. This would become a worldwide calamiyy at headwaters of great Lakes We assume there's lots of fresh wster not so. Yet the countryside is huge lots of churches Scools are fsirvto great and 3 full time colleges plus! If North Shore recovers from record spring floods those of us with houses are good to go9

[@RobertWF42]

New England will be another attractive destination. Mild winters and summers, beautiful scenery. Where I live in inland Connecticut we're protected from tropical storms. Just a few hours from New York City and Boston.

[@davewoods636]

Sorry to bust your bubble, but if you think you are safe from storms, look up what happened in 1955 in the Naugatuck Valley.

[@signalfire6]

I've lived all over the US and decided to retire based heavily on weather/climate concerns as well as affordability. It would be nice if my political leanings matched up with the other possibilities but they didn't. I moved to the Cumberland Plateau in mid-eastern Tennessee. Moderate weather, low tornado threat, four seasons but only a few inches of snow a year, and plentiful rain. I don't know why your map showed it as a 'fire hazard' area - although it's heavily wooded, it's also wet, not dry like California and parts of Oregon are. More like Washington state that way. It's also within driving distance (1-2 days) of more than half of the country if family are spread out. Best of all worlds, all things considered. It's 'southern' and they voted for Trump (again!) but I plan on ignoring that and making my friends based on other issues.

[@invictaland1983]

Sounds promising! How are the allergy seasons there, I wonder?

[@signalfire6]

@@invictaland1983 They haven't been bad at all for me but everyone's allergies differ. Lots of hardwoods (it's a forest here), some pine pollen in early spring. Few weeds. You can look up allergy stats in weather data websites. Oddly there's very few biting bugs (I've never seen a mosquito) but you have to be aware of ticks.

[@danholm4952]

better dead than red I always said!

[@hrv4908]

Just don't try to impose your leftist values and everything will be fine.

[@KadiddlehopperClem]

@@hrv4908 Just don't try to impose your radical right views, and everything will be fine. We all know that's not going to happen.

[@mykofreder1682]

Someone moving there should have to have spent some time with severe winters. I suspect most of the moves, if it is significant, are local, I doubt few warm weather people end up there other than because of a job.

[@williampatty1963]

How is your family?

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirmYes,I confirm

[@kentstallard6512]

Yeah....there is 9 months of winter and 3 months of lousy ice skating.

[@LindaC616]

As someone who grew up in the Midwest, and now lives on the east coast, I am picturing Duluth overrun with tons of people who don't know how to drive on snow/ice.....good times for the people who do!

[@Kelz_X]

Lady, every place on earth has pros/cons. You have to decide which is best for you & yours

[@hectormorales5306]

Is this part of that Propaganda campaign to move people out of Countrysides and/or less attractive to people and pack them into cities for the futer megacities ????? What was that in those agenda 2030 things??🤔

[@goofballbiscuits3647]

Wow... the white lady saying she's an indigenous person and that outsiders threaten that "culture" is peak colonizer.

[@agray7474]

Colonizers?! Lady please! They’re Americans just like you! Once they feel their first winter, they’ll run back!!

[@justinwalker615]

Nobody would ever move to Duluth if they truly liked good weather. Plus if they truly liked their vehicle because there are so many steep hills there that it makes Seattle and San Francisco look like the flat desert

[@jacoburban2757]

Well maybe they are just sitting out the cold for the next few years waiting for the California weather to come to them🤷‍♂️

[@elmagnificodep]

When I worked in downtown Duluth, I watched parked cars slide down the hills in winter. 😂😂😂

[@gillianmerphy7743]

much thanks!

[@rebel8440]

Thanks!

[@markstevens1729]

Not exactly inspiring of confidence when the title-writer can’t get the use of “particular” correct. Ran out of educated, competent professionals?

[@Ma660t5andw1ch]

Grammarly was turned off that day.

[@automnejoy5308]

Maybe they never had any.

[@georgeluna5845]

Not to worry. As thousands move out, thousands move in.

[@gillianmerphy7743]

Many thanks!

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirm

[@erika021]

Being born in Duluth but ended up in warmer climates, I never thought about returning there. But I can see it. It is pretty great place.

[@catchaser52]

Come On Lets All Move To Duluth Minnesota !!!!!!!

[@aguerra1381]

That's one of the downsides of being a US State. No control on who or how many move in from any other State. Look at Hawaii! Look how this has affected it's cost of living, the highest of any State and turned it's native culture into little more than a tourist attraction.

[@jamesamoh7340]

“Don’t kill the thing you love.” Wow, she’s right but unfortunately human beings do kill things they love. They have destroyed beautiful California and now moving to states they shunned and always ask “how do you live there? It’s so cold. I can’t.” Well, here we are.

[@jeremyb7691]

Californians didnt destroy california, climate change is causing wildfires. Climate change didnt happen because of california, its a global phenomenon. I dont understand your logic here.

[@GuitarWithBrett]

Socal is still great , media misrepresents things

[@jamesamoh7340]

@@GuitarWithBrett Good to know.

[@joridavis6893]

Already live here so I guess I'm good.🤷‍♀️

[@emileblanche5868]

Nice place?

[@porterwake3898]

Wait until the hippies and minorities from the big cities start moving there and begin to turn it into a hellhole.

[@samb2015]

“Minorities” sounds like u have a little hate in you

[@MoonPrincessHalation]

​@Lady T 👈FAKE troll account.

[@williampatty1963]

Good how is your family?

[@Goalie171]

Duluth used to be a great city, now the crime is out of control and the mismanagement means the streets are terrible and they have no idea how to clear snow in the winter. Emily Larson is sure on track to make Duluth the San Francisco of the north in terms of crime.

[@melissaolson6108]

The combination of icy roads in winter and steep hills make driving in Duluth a real challenge.

[@ManyfiresWoman]

I am a native San Diegan, born and raised. I love San Diego but I moved out of state last year because I kept getting heat strokes from the ever increasing high temperatures...some which matched Phoenix high temps.

[@MrJames1471]

@Lady T Okay, and? What does that have to do with climate change?

[@MrJames1471]

@Lady T Who's to say that I or that the original commenter don't back them?

[@donjindra]

Few matched Phoenix temperatures.

[@williampatty1963]

Hi lynn many how i your family?

[@williampatty1963]

@@donjindra how is your family?

[@jonathanreiser1326]

I live near Green Bay In Wisconsin. I’ve wanted to move from this cold place since forever. That will soon be financially possible. However, the thought that this place may be less and less cold makes me wonder if I should stay. It has clearly been getting milder here.

[@LindaC616]

Go to Madison, you'll be fine

[@Ma660t5andw1ch]

I'm opening a snow plowing business in Honolulu. Want to buy in?

[@LindaC616]

@jeffrey zeleznik I have asthma and curly hair that leans toward frizzy. When y'all adjust the humidity, I'll think about it

[@wildBillMunson]

I live in Duluth, MN and it is really a great place! :)

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirm

[@aaronzywicki8683]

Laughing No Way To Cold!

[@Darktrik001]

It was nicer in the 90's. Now it's more drugs, more welfare, more shootings, etc.

[@automnejoy5308]

@@Darktrik001 Wasn't everything nicer in the 90's? What a great decade. What a piece of shit the world is now. Anyone else agree?

[@nonamesinenomine]

I live here and it kinda sucks

[@nannettehuffman8397]

You created the problem, stay there and correct it.

[@RICHARD-t1u9o]

The only thing Duluth has in common with San Francisco is they both have horrible Mayors.

[@gilman96]

Haha, San Francisco of the north! It does have hills, just add in it’s -45 , it’s thunder snowing 20+ inches, or a mix freezing rain. Good times

[@nicolepsy]

Thundersnow. That will blow their minds. Then there's the moral dilemma of using a snowblower (carbon footprint). After manually shoveling out of 5 feet of heavy wet snow - there are different types of snow- you just won't care.. Omg I just realized that they won't know how to drive in snow, either! Even lifers get a little lax at that until the 2nd or 3rd snow of the year. Gird your loins and wait for insurance premiums to go up. Lol

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirm

[@douglasscharnberg3637]

Really. Laughable. Conservative state; what is the parallel? Californicators need to stay put, they aren't wanted anywhere.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

true. love it when that warm front comes when it's close to 0 when it gets to 30 outside.

[@crand20033]

No thanks, I like the milder winters we have in NC.

[@aperson1234-t8x]

CNN: uses adverb in title Also CNN: uses it to describe a noun

[@amyfay5791]

I scrolled just for this comment, not even going to finish the video. Thank you for your service.

[@pedrothemexican3360]

People aren't necessarily moving to the midwest as much as they are fleeing California. Recommend buying commercial real estate in Minneapolis.

[@Mockduck2020]

Why?!

[@the_truck_farmer]

“Refugees” won’t last ONE winter! Weather is SO brutal by Lake Superior! If you are considering moving there, do yourself a favor and take a trip there in late January- Early February to see what it’s like first!

[@northstar7501]

Do your homework before entering Minnesota. The land of 10,000 lakes is more like the land of 10,000 taxes! Most people migrate to Minnesota because of the free programs and welfare payouts the state seems to think is good. Highest taxes in the nation. People that move to Minnesota don’t come because of the great winter weather. If the state would cut the programs and stop with the welfare, Minnesota would see a decline in the population.

[@LindaCasey]

What IF we were to stay where we are instead of fleeing, work to abate the issues that make us want us to leave in the first place? A friend of mine was caught in a California earthquake and left to go back to the midwest where she was promptly killed in a tornado.😥

[@deviantaffinity1626]

I am genuinely sorry about your friend, but sometimes the universe is really obvious about its intent.

[@dannmarceau]

Good luck with that.

[@areallyrealisticguyd4333]

95% of California fires are started by humans. Either its people just being stupid with fireworks/homemade bombs or no one ever learned how to put out a fire properly. First thing we gotta do is start educating people about fires and actually start jailing people for mass destruction

[@williampatty1963]

How is your family linda

[@LindaCasey]

@@janicehille2634 Only those who are responsible among us. People don't 'think' when they have children that it will affect the world at large. If WE don't rein ourselves in, then nature will do it FOR us with natural disasters, diseases etc. The trouble with that though is, those who ARE being cautious suffer from the hands of those who are not.

[@Jack209]

Just move to New England if you want to flee wildfires. We've not seen a wildfire in decades. Hurricanes rarely ever hit, and when they do, they don't make it far inland. The winters are a bit brutal, but they're short. The weather is beautiful between mid march and mid October. We rarely ever have severe droughts (on some occasions, they order people to conserve water, but it's taken as a recommendation and is seldom enforced. I live in Connecticut and in the last 10 years, we've been hit by one severe hurricane, only one drought (my well didn't dry up), and here, when it snows, the plows get the roads cleared within 2 hours. It's basically like the northern midwest minus the brutal and long winters. The winters do get brutal up in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, but just like southern New England, they don't last long, and by mid March, the weather is in the 50's and 60's. It doesn't get freezing again until late October or early November. New England is underrated. We're not just Boston.

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirm

[@kampundsabah2723]

From my research- #1. Each year Vermont experiences many wildland fires during spring and fall. #2. Maine: In October 1947, some 200 fires had burned through 250,000 acres of forest and nine towns due to drought. It may happen again. #3. There are wild fires in New Hampshire. #4. Recent bug infestations have made Connecticut forests vulnerable to larger, potentially deadly fires.

[@LindaC616]

@TAKE THAT YOU AS SOUL! well, actually, we had one earthquake on a Sunday morning a few.months ago. Just a 4

[@LindaC616]

Except that housing is ridiculous. I live in RI, and a condo in my neighborhood is 3-400,000. Houses are more, and right now, unavailable because of the pandemic. And some landlords aren't renewing leases, because as soon as they can, they're jacking up the rent and getting rid of people who can't pay over $1000+/mo

[@Trolls-Be-like]

I've been back and forth to Minneapolis recently and it is beautiful there. I was stolen i need to visit in winter before I relocate. I'm in Arizona and I worry with the ongoing drought and fires what kind of life my children will truly have when they grow up.

[@sabrina.natalie]

I live in Arizona as well, and I worry about the same thing 💔

[@arizonabusinessleague918]

Leave ASAP.

[@AntJonez218]

Lived here since 1991 and I love it here. Drive taxi here too. Love my city of Duluth Minnesota 😁

[@galechicago325]

I lived most my life in Chicago, with brutal winters. But that’s a piece of cake, compared to a Duluth winter. The California climate refugees should start on a less grand scale, try Chicago. Plus Chicago is just as politically corrupt as California, so they’ll feel at home there.

[@thedownwardmachine]

Once these huge fires burn all the dead trees and built up fuel, the semi-permanent drought will keep much from growing back. I think in the context of climate change, the wildfires are a one-time thing. Meanwhile, the Great Lakes are experiencing much greater swings in water level than initially anticipated due to changing precipitation and evaporation rates, and cities along these lakes are quite vulnerable. The takeaway is, everyone everywhere is gonna get a taste, and because climate change keeps changing, places that seem safe can surprise you later.

[@777jones]

We will all be dead before Minnesota dries out. Worst case, it turns into Iowa or Missouri.

[@OvationEddie]

“Particularly”? Nice typo CNN. Professional

[@jeremyserwer2586]

Duluth is a hub of great creativity and scenic beauty. I've lived in both SF and Duluth and sadly what happened in SF with Tech Colonization and the massive gentrification will also over take the smaller city of Duluth. I imagine it will happen fast and the displacement for the natives will be devastating. The big difference with now and the displacement issues of the past is we humans are ubiquitous and our lifestyles are far more destructive to the habitat around us. Less Humans and More Nature!

[@mcchristenson]

Guess i should buy some rental homes here and sell them when that boom happens. Ha

[@jonathanielpringlemaniii]

duluth is called the sf of the midwest

[@patrisio3]

Didn't the 3rd and 4th deadliest wildfires in world history (Cloquet and Great Hinckley) occur within 75 miles of Duluth?

[@karlacole3063]

Prince said he would always stay in Minnesota because it was so cold, "it keeps the bad people out."

[@alm5693]

None of the clips in this story show what Duluth is like in January and February. The images provided look like travelogue footage. It's like showing endless clips of the Golden Gate Bridge on a sunny day while talking about living in San Francisco. It's snowed a number of times in Duluth this week. Be prepared for four months of winter - San Francisco with three months of snow.

[@gillianmerphy7743]

Many thanks!

[@alicedudek7344]

Yes,I confirm

[@alm5693]

I'm saying this as someone who really likes Duluth, but I've lived my whole life in MN so I want to fill in the blanks about what to expect. You know the difference between how 60° and 20° feels? That's the same as the distance between 20° and -20°. People in MN don't even like -20°.

[@astromann7449]

Winter is longer than four months near lake superior.

[@astromann7449]

@@alm5693 -20 is not even a big deal....when -35 is just around the corner. Or -40 some miles over the ridge.

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

This should be an ongoing topic. Minnesota is fantastic. The people and the land is great, but do not compare it to San Francisco

[@kimsinspiredlife]

California to Minnesota? I don’t see it happening in my lifetime.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

Don't want to enjoy the nice and toasty cold weather here? lmao

[@maxwirz8049]

The winter's are horrible here.. Hundred die every winter. Please don't move here

[@dominicfurfaro8577]

Cultural note about Duluth. You better like all four seasons, you have to be outdoors to love Duluth. Conservative locals complain about everything but the weather. A small group of restaurant and hotels control dining and tourist stays. Try getting an Airbnb here. Come and see for yourself the positive.

[@irishdivajeffries6668]

I love Grand Haven Michigan!

[@erotaka]

You are served what you've been planting. They stressed the environment for so long, so no wounder that it is going to stress them back.

[@deviantaffinity1626]

Tucson , AZ. It's REALLY hot here sometimes, it has high elevations, nice winters, no threat of bad earthquakes, tornados are almost unheard of (1 in 35 years I've been here.) It's just nice. And it's not Phoenix.

[@rdl4530]

yeah we are there in the fall

[@zu0832]

there are fires though

[@laurawestenra]

Water shortages are going to be kind of a problem. AC is critical for survival. I'm from Duluth MN, but lived in Tucson for 5 years. They are both nice, but if you're not used to extreme dry heat it's going to be a huge struggle. Likewise, if you're not used to extreme cold, that's going to be a struggle too.

[@king_big_pp]

The downside is that you'd have to live in Tucson

[@deviantaffinity1626]

@@laurawestenra We sit on a massive aquifer here. It's not going away anytime soon. As for the AC, people get acclimated to it, but it is far from necessary for survival. We've just spoiled ourselves to the point of it being an issue when we don't have it. Basically, if we lost AC for good, the beginning would be really, really rough for a lot of folks. But it would change. Personally, I'd rather deal with the heat than freeze to death. That said, Minnesota is way up on a short list of places I'd go to that aren't home. Spent some time outside of Deer River and fell in love with it.

[@luvslogistics1725]

I went to college in Duluth. Many graduates wanted to stay it city politicians made it hard on purpose to keep the city small. The winters are long and much colder due to the lake effect. It thaws in early May. By then Minneapolis is fully green. My wife used to get the winter blues in Duluth. I liked going to Canal Park, good live music, good beer at Grandmas.

[@scottmarlow6018]

I live in central Illinois and while we can have cold winters and hot summers; fortunately, we don't have to worry about wildfires or drought. We have wonderful small towns in this area that desperately need more people.

[@heronpage3883]

Can you name some of those little towns that could use people? There may be a few people in the comments section that are actually looking, given the subject matter of this video. Thanks!