Something in common in these stories is that the people involved want to live out in the woods, or near them in the urban-wildlife boundary. Yes, fire is going

Something in common in these stories is that the people involved want to live out in the woods, or near them in the urban-wildlife boundary. Yes, fire is going to make that a thing for the rich – in California. Or just true hippie types who revel in impermanence, and (truly) owning almost nothing of monetary value. The big thing that California needs to plan for is the water shortages. The states' cities are going to need desalination. Most of its people live in the cities or denser suburban areas like Santa Rosa and are in lesser danger from fire. There are "soft" effects too, like feeling like you're under siege every autumn, and a general loss of quality-of-life, but the water issue is going to be existential. Oregon needs to consider that a great chunk of the state is dependent on logging for livelihood, and the changing climate is going to dramatically reshape those forests (if not just burn down half the stock of trees). The PNW has a much larger rural population than California by percentage, and for that reason, they will be increasingly exposed to weather-whiplash-induced wildfires, drought, and heat events.