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>As urbanization in the United States accelerates for many reasons, including climate change Studies actually show the exact opposite. "Rapid urbanization is

>As urbanization in the United States accelerates for many reasons, including climate change Studies actually show the exact opposite. "Rapid urbanization is making people more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, according to a new UN report" [0][1] [0] https://unfccc.int/news/rapid-urbanization-increases-climate-risk-for-billions-of-people https://unfccc.int/news/rapid-urbanization-increases-climate... [1] https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2017/sbsta/eng/inf03.pdf https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2017/sbsta/eng/inf03.pdf

endisneigh 5y ago
I’m not seeing the contradiction between your link and what I stated. Your link says more people will go to cities, which will increase demand and subsequently prices. Which is also what I said
- harambae 5y ago
  According to the link it's because people have moved into cities that they are most at risk for climate-change-based disruption to their lives. "The frequency of torrential rain and storm surges is on the rise in big, densely populated cities like New York, Mumbai and Jakarta, hitting those living in marginalised, informal settlements like slums the hardest." Also, large cities tend to be on the coastal regions -- that's how they first became large cities, by being accessible to ports in many cases. Why would climate change force people out of the Omaha suburbs to Manhattan? I just don't understand the logic here at all, but maybe I'm missing something.
  - endisneigh 5y ago
    I’m not claiming climate change will force people to cities, I’m saying climate change will reduce the amount of available places to live, resulting in urbanization of the remaining locales from migrants/refugees of climate change.
    - harambae 5y ago
      Ok, could be. Predicting the future is difficult, though. On most real-estate forums I followed in early 2020 the prediction was that Covid would cause real-estate prices to nosedive and the exact opposite ultimately occurred.
      - endisneigh 5y ago
        That was a dumb prediction. Climate change is guaranteed to change which places are livable in the United States. It’s anyones guess how much of an affect it will have, though.

endisneigh 5y ago

I’m not seeing the contradiction between your link and what I stated. Your link says more people will go to cities, which will increase demand and subsequently prices. Which is also what I said

harambae 5y ago
According to the link it's because people have moved into cities that they are most at risk for climate-change-based disruption to their lives. "The frequency of torrential rain and storm surges is on the rise in big, densely populated cities like New York, Mumbai and Jakarta, hitting those living in marginalised, informal settlements like slums the hardest." Also, large cities tend to be on the coastal regions -- that's how they first became large cities, by being accessible to ports in many cases. Why would climate change force people out of the Omaha suburbs to Manhattan? I just don't understand the logic here at all, but maybe I'm missing something.
- endisneigh 5y ago
  I’m not claiming climate change will force people to cities, I’m saying climate change will reduce the amount of available places to live, resulting in urbanization of the remaining locales from migrants/refugees of climate change.
  - harambae 5y ago
    Ok, could be. Predicting the future is difficult, though. On most real-estate forums I followed in early 2020 the prediction was that Covid would cause real-estate prices to nosedive and the exact opposite ultimately occurred.
    - endisneigh 5y ago
      That was a dumb prediction. Climate change is guaranteed to change which places are livable in the United States. It’s anyones guess how much of an affect it will have, though.