Anchorage, Seattle, and Detroit will be pretty cozy compared to just about everywhere else in the United States if climate change models hold true.
Jennifer A. Kingson draws compelling comparisons about how climate change will change the perceptions of cities around the globe, according to the climate models of researchers.
Writes Kingson: "Forget most of California and the Southwest (drought, wildfires). Ditto for much of the East Coast and Southeast (heat waves, hurricanes, rising sea levels). Washington, D.C., for example, may well be a flood zone by 2100, according to an estimate released last week."
Among the comparisons made in the article: Alaska as the new Florida and Washington state as the new Napa Valley. Also: "By 2100…Detroit will be one of the nation’s most desirable cities."
The article also draws comparisons to the current trends in migration—driven largely by economic trends, as detailed in a recent study by United Van Lines.
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