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Right, and that’s what feeds the nation as a whole. Most of the USs winter time vegetables come from the southwest. If you’ve eaten a salad in winter, the lettu

Right, and that’s what feeds the nation as a whole. Most of the USs winter time vegetables come from the southwest. If you’ve eaten a salad in winter, the lettuce came from Yuma, AZ, which grew it with Colorado river water. Moving to another part of the US will not make the food you eat more sustainable or less prone to drought. One way moving to a region with more water will help is if there is a collapse of society, where you need to grow your own food.

codingdave 5y ago
Yep, that is part of it for sure. We have always grown at least some of our own food, raised chickens and livestock, and been at least closer to self-sustainable than not. It makes far more sense to do that in a place where an ample water supply falls from the sky on a regular basis, with our own wells and a few dozen acres of lands to work with. The other part is just the experience. Living in brown, dry, dusty lands with dried out lake beds, or algae blooms if there is water... it just got old. Growing population meant more traffic, more ticky-tacky housing developments. It just wasn't a fun place to live anymore, even if you can prove with statistics that it is survivable. Your life experience needs to be enjoyable.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
  > Growing population meant more traffic, more ticky-tacky housing developments. It just wasn't a fun place to live anymore, even if you can prove with statistics that it is survivable. My wife grew up in Wisconsin. That pretty much matches the way she would describe it at this point :)
  - bilbo0s 5y ago
    I live in Wisconsin. Your wife is 100% right. I don't think I'd necessarily recommend it to people who are not from here.
  - codingdave 5y ago
    Depends on where. Milwaukee is vastly different than the north woods, both of which are different than Madison. There are definitely parts of Wisconsin I would not move to, despite finding a lovely home for ourselves away from the cities.

codingdave 5y ago

Yep, that is part of it for sure. We have always grown at least some of our own food, raised chickens and livestock, and been at least closer to self-sustainable than not. It makes far more sense to do that in a place where an ample water supply falls from the sky on a regular basis, with our own wells and a few dozen acres of lands to work with. The other part is just the experience. Living in brown, dry, dusty lands with dried out lake beds, or algae blooms if there is water... it just got old. Growing population meant more traffic, more ticky-tacky housing developments. It just wasn't a fun place to live anymore, even if you can prove with statistics that it is survivable. Your life experience needs to be enjoyable.

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
> Growing population meant more traffic, more ticky-tacky housing developments. It just wasn't a fun place to live anymore, even if you can prove with statistics that it is survivable. My wife grew up in Wisconsin. That pretty much matches the way she would describe it at this point :)
- bilbo0s 5y ago
  I live in Wisconsin. Your wife is 100% right. I don't think I'd necessarily recommend it to people who are not from here.
- codingdave 5y ago
  Depends on where. Milwaukee is vastly different than the north woods, both of which are different than Madison. There are definitely parts of Wisconsin I would not move to, despite finding a lovely home for ourselves away from the cities.