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Very pessimistic, but very true... I'd love to see a detailed analysis about - given continuing climate change - where the best places to live would be. This wo

Very pessimistic, but very true... I'd love to see a detailed analysis about - given continuing climate change - where the best places to live would be. This would be both geographically, in terms of climate, but perhaps also politically, about being able to scramble and, I dunno, keep everyone after me out, heh. I'm actually sort of mildly positive about living outside Chicago right now since 1) my vague sense is that winters will get less severe (those crazy polar vortexes we've had a couple times now notwithstanding), 2) there's a fair bit of agriculture in the region that's not on the cusp of failing, 3) the elevation is high-ish and we're not on the coast, and 3) we're next to most of the world's fresh water. That said, I'm sure since this isn't a super well considered position, I'm probably missing a ton.

OldHand2018 5y ago
You are kind of right and wrong at the same time. You should definitely assume that a late-winter polar vortex is an annual occurrence. Summers will get warmer, rain storms will get more intense. So you definitely are going to need to adapt. And flooding is an issue, so you better make sure to be in a FEMA X zone. On the other hand, Illinois and Chicago are really, really low on the climate migration desirability index. Yet there is excellent soil for agriculture and the state is doing a decent job of incentivizing farmers to protect it. There is a huge amount of good water. Etc. You probably don't have to worry too much about being priced out of a house.