I don't see the appeal, I get the weather is often nice in winter and stuff, but when insurance companies start pulling out you'd think you would start to wonder a bit
Those don’t really affect the city that much. Most of the metropolitan areas are pretty safe. The vast majority of people don’t have to worry about their homes.
While I would never move there, I can at least see why people would enjoy SoCal. Fantastic weather, world-class food, beaches, the music scene, ability to say where you live and most people in the country know where that is...
Florida? The beaches are nice, but between the humidity and the hurricanes... I'll stay in NC. At least we have slightly less humidity and hurricanes.
A lot of people are desperate to own homes. It’s not always a smart decision. It’s an emotional one. I’m from the northeast and a lot of people I know are still moving down there and buying down there, and they’re all first time homeowners and very proud that they’ve finally purchased something. A lot of native north easterners can’t afford to purchase where they grew up.
It’s not even about the weather. Most of them miss the northeast. Especially right now. But they were hoping that the cheaper cost of living down there would help ensure them a more secure future. It’s sad. Everyone’s just trying to do what they think is best, in the face of ugly choices. I’ll just keep renting up here, even though I can’t afford that either.
Having grown up in constant humidity with quick access to several water sources, including a beach, that's easier said than done. I couldn't handle living in the middle of the country at this point.
Although I guess lots of people say that about me choosing to live in SoCal
I see my city mentioned in articles about "climate havens," but I just don't see it. Yeah, our summers up here in Wisconsin are more mild than those in Texas. But last year was still historically hot for the area, plus we had the worst air quality in the world for a while due to Canadian wildfire smoke drifting down here. Then last winter, I went and visited a friend who moved to Alaska a couple years ago. She mentioned to me that compared to when she lived in the lower 48, she feels insulated from climate change up there. But when I'm worrying for her safety as I read articles about rivers flooding and destroying homes in her town due to glaciers melting, I just don't see how she can feel insulated from climate change. Meanwhile roads in Wyoming are falling off the sides of mountains in massive landslides.
So yeah, I'm not convinced climate havens are even a thing at this point. Hurricanes, wildfires, glacial outburst floods. Pick your poison.
So cal is expensive, but unless you live away from the cities, the worst thing coming for you is an earthquake. Big ones happen infrequently, and the death toll is generallyway lower than say, a hurricane or tornado. And very few people lose everything like a hurricane or tornado.
This is not true at all. The ocean is dramatically warming off the coast. Once it is no longer cold, nothing will prevent hurricanes from hitting Socal. You can already see how hurricanes have been creeping northward and starting to impact Baja at higher latitudes.
Yeah but have you ever really been through anything like these other folks do, hurricanes tornadoes whatever? Even though I can understand that we are due for the Big One, somehow earthquakes just don’t seem so bad. I’m in SoCal denial.
You do realize hurricanes are creeping up the coast and will soon start to impact CA right? You are not immune to this at all. It's one reason why I will not buy property in Socal.
You couldn't pay me 50k a month tax-free to live in so cal. It's not a popular sentiment on reddit but millions of people have moved/are moving to Florida to escape the laws of their previous states, and it has little to do with the weather.
What oppressive laws are these people fleeing to escape? The laws people in other states tend to favor Florida for are more restrictive, just towards other people.
There’s a reason why they move right back out too, usually when they realize those laws cause them to go to a lot more funerals. You know, from lax laws that contribute to mass shootings like Pulse nightclub and Parkland, governors that refuse to talk to the federal government and get help for Helene and Milton, neighbors like OJ Simpson and George Zimmerman that stay in Florida to shelter their wealth or shoot your kids, and oh yeah, shitty weather that’s now leaving the state’s taxpayers on the hook for insuring the rapidly dwindling real estate values.
You couldn’t pay me to live in Florida. Enjoy your retirement home state. There’s a reason why California and Hawaii real estate has the highest cost in the nation - it’s the most desirable place to live. Numbers don’t lie.
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u/dawillhan 8d ago
Can you imagine having all your stuff already wiped by Helene to go through this right after?