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I've been thinking for a few years of where I want to ride out the climate apocalypse into my old age. Northern New Mexico or Colorado seem like ideal places to

I've been thinking for a few years of where I want to ride out the climate apocalypse into my old age. Northern New Mexico or Colorado seem like ideal places to someone who currently lives in South Texas (I'm not a fan of the combo of heat and humidity and I really don't care to see what my limit is for wet bulb temperatures). The water question really seems like the big one though and yeah, I would think any state next to the largest freshwater bodies on Earth should seem appealing.

taylodl 4y ago
I was born and raised and currently live in one of the states bordering the Great Lakes, and as others here have pointed out, the climate is atrocious. At the moment I'm writing this comment the actual temperature is 91F, and the feels like is 100F. There's a heat advisory in effect. The humidity is such that you practically suffocate as soon as you step outside. In early to mid November the temperature will be in single digits with wind chills down below zero. For most of Winter the temperatures will be in the mid-teens to mid-twenties. The reason people stay is for Spring and Fall - but those seasons are disappearing, I believe due to climate change. Spring and Fall have now been reduced to a couple of weeks each. You essentially go from Winter into Summer and Summer into Fall. This year alone there were several days in "Spring" where the temperature varied by 40-50 degrees on a daily basis! That's simply insane! Not to mention making it difficult to manage your wardrobe! Okay, I need heavy winter coat and bulky knit sweaters and heavy jeans today, tomorrow I need shorts and a t-shirt. I can tell you I'm done with it. As I'm approaching retirement I've been thinking where I can move to that isn't quite so extreme. The Southwest is appealing, but the looming water crises is keeping me away. I'm also not interested in riding out hurricanes. I want to stay on the Eastern half of the U.S. since that's where most of my family is. The only option I've come up with is Tennessee, specifically the Chattanooga area. Why? The city is nestled along the Tennessee River and it's only 1.5 hours from Atlanta which has one of the busiest airports in the world - meaning I can get direct flights to just about everywhere in the country (can't do that very easily in the Midwest, almost all flights are connecting flights and so the airline ticket costs are quite expensive since you pay a tax on each landing and takeoff - and those taxes aren't cheap in the Midwest either since there's comparatively fewer flights).

taylodl 4y ago

I was born and raised and currently live in one of the states bordering the Great Lakes, and as others here have pointed out, the climate is atrocious. At the moment I'm writing this comment the actual temperature is 91F, and the feels like is 100F. There's a heat advisory in effect. The humidity is such that you practically suffocate as soon as you step outside. In early to mid November the temperature will be in single digits with wind chills down below zero. For most of Winter the temperatures will be in the mid-teens to mid-twenties. The reason people stay is for Spring and Fall - but those seasons are disappearing, I believe due to climate change. Spring and Fall have now been reduced to a couple of weeks each. You essentially go from Winter into Summer and Summer into Fall. This year alone there were several days in "Spring" where the temperature varied by 40-50 degrees on a daily basis! That's simply insane! Not to mention making it difficult to manage your wardrobe! Okay, I need heavy winter coat and bulky knit sweaters and heavy jeans today, tomorrow I need shorts and a t-shirt. I can tell you I'm done with it. As I'm approaching retirement I've been thinking where I can move to that isn't quite so extreme. The Southwest is appealing, but the looming water crises is keeping me away. I'm also not interested in riding out hurricanes. I want to stay on the Eastern half of the U.S. since that's where most of my family is. The only option I've come up with is Tennessee, specifically the Chattanooga area. Why? The city is nestled along the Tennessee River and it's only 1.5 hours from Atlanta which has one of the busiest airports in the world - meaning I can get direct flights to just about everywhere in the country (can't do that very easily in the Midwest, almost all flights are connecting flights and so the airline ticket costs are quite expensive since you pay a tax on each landing and takeoff - and those taxes aren't cheap in the Midwest either since there's comparatively fewer flights).