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Your commute happens about 250 days every year. A big earthquake happens maybe once ever 30 years. Buying a house takes 30 years to pay off. There's a limite
by nostrademons 3y ago
Your commute happens about 250 days every year. A big earthquake happens maybe once ever 30 years. Buying a house takes 30 years to pay off. There's a limited supply of land; if all the houses in safe zones are taken, it may be worth it to some people to roll the dice on a house with natural hazards that's cheaper yet still close to everything. They're optimizing for the common case.
- kstrauser 3y agoI’ve lived in blizzard territory and tornado alley. I have friends in hurricane zones. Parts of the US want to cook you alive. There’s nowhere in the country without something or another trying to kill you.
- nonrepeating 3y agoI’m always amused by Americans (and I am one) who think our weather is so great, when we actually have the worst overall weather on Earth.
- KerrAvon 3y agoThere are nice spots on the coasts.
- saagarjha 3y agoSome parts of the US have some of the nicest weather in the world. Say, Santa Barbara or San Diego.
- kstrauser 3y agoSan Francisco has a reputation for being cold. It’s just that we have the air conditioning running all the time. It’s basically sunny, low of 55°, high of 72°, year round. Twice a year it’ll get cold. A week a year it’ll get hot. It’s the best weather anywhere to show off your nice jacket.
- saagarjha 3y agoSF is foggy or cloudy like half the days of the year
- pests 3y agoMichigan is pretty safe. We get tornados but that's about it. Not much poisonous or dangerous wildlife besides bears - just stay out of the wilderness. Not to mention a huge supply of fresh water.
- aifooh7Keew6xoo 3y agoThe legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy
- Exuma 3y agoCrippling boredom
- fragmede 3y ago> Michigan is pretty safe. > We get tornados but that's about it. those two things seem at odds.
- pests 3y agoHaha. I should say "other areas" in Michigan - 35 years here and I've never seen one with my own eye besides some ambiguous scary looking clouds.
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- rerdavies 3y agoWinter probably kills more people than earthquakes.
- pests 3y agoIt's a slow danger most of the time. People have time to prepare or leave. Earthquakes are very sudden.
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- aifooh7Keew6xoo 3y agoDon't forget high deserts! You can get snowed in, drowned in a flood, cooked alive and then run down by a 30 mile an hour fire storm all in the same day if you're lucky!