Axios - The millions of Americans who migrated to the Sunbelt over the past decade are now stuck in the middle of this summer's brutal and record-breaking heat wave. ...America's population — attracted by lower taxes, bigger homes and lower cost of living for retirees — is moving to more vulnerable locations, where the effects of climate change present huge risks. ... Many of the fastest-growing U.S. metro areas have well-known risks. Some don't have enough water to support their big populations. Others are in the path of hurricanes and other natural disasters. Over the past decade, the Sunbelt accounted for 75% of U.S. population growth. The region is now home to about 50% of the nation's population.
August 13, 2023
Moving to the Sunbelt didn't work so well
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What fools these mortals be. Most of the sunbelt states are incapable of resisting the power of the fossil fuel lobby and are in the process of broiling themselves and the rest of us. Not only are they overheating, but they have lousy schools, bad healthcare, and governments unwilling to invest in resilient infrastructure, because anything other than keeping the masses poor and weak does not fit the program of the corporate overlords.
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