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This is something I have been putting a lot of thought into lately. My wife and I have been fortunate to have lived in France, England and Spain over the past d
by richjdsmith 7y ago
This is something I have been putting a lot of thought into lately. My wife and I have been fortunate to have lived in France, England and Spain over the past decade, as well as being regular visitors (+6x/year) to the United States.
The more places I see, the more I realize that the area of the world I grew up in, the interior of British Columbia, Canada or where my wife grew up in Alberta, Canada, are both better suited to handle the projected long-term adverse climate changes than anywhere else I've ever been.
With the use of greenhouses, their easy access to abundant fresh water and readily accessible energy I think they're both well-suited areas to long-term stability.
- thrower123 7y agoIn general, temperate regions of the world are boring, but safe, and really good places for humans to live. That's why I love New England; there's lots of fresh water, there's no significant tectonic activity, you might catch the remnants of a hurricane once a decade. There are nearly no poisonous animals. It snows a little bit, that's about the worst you can say.
- photonios 7y agoQuite a few places in Europe that match these requirements. https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/92-9167-025-1/fig25.jpg https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/92-9167-025-1/fig25.j...
- giardini 7y agoIn summer they have the worst gnats/biting flies/bugs I have ever encountered in my life. Very slow-moving and easy to kill, they arrive by the millions intent upon crawling into your socks, underwear, collar and hair, injecting an anticoagulant and lapping up your blood. Each bite (and you will have thousands of them) leaves a red circle of material beneath your skin (~1/4 cm in diameter) that takes years to go away. I was unlucky enough to be working one summer in northern Maine when these black devils began drifting into town. We swatted and laughed at first but after an hour we had to quit to get repellant to apply _everywhere_. Decades later the scars are still present on my ankles.
- laxk 7y agoWhat is about Lyme disease?
- freehunter 7y agoLyme disease is a lot easier to avoid than a hurricane and easier to treat than a high-rise collapsing on you during an earthquake.