Canoeboy
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Wondering if/how folks are taking climate change implications into account when planning where to live in retirement. Recent article from ProPublica looks at various impact projections down to the county level in the US.
https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/
A few years ago when I was planning where to live in retirement climate change was a secondary factor I took into consideration. Main factors were COL, taxes, and getting away from deep winters (upper Midwest) when selecting the region to live in. However, I have taken climate change concerns - increased severe weather events - into account when selecting a house, both micro-location and structural build. For example, buying outside of Hurricane evacuation areas, sticking to higher elevation, being slightly inland from coast/rivers, reinforcing the structure, installing drainage, standing seam metal roofing, oversize gutters, etc.
Just interested if/how others are factoring climate change projections into account when retirement planning. Please don’t turn this Thread into a political debate on climate change. Thanks!
https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/
A few years ago when I was planning where to live in retirement climate change was a secondary factor I took into consideration. Main factors were COL, taxes, and getting away from deep winters (upper Midwest) when selecting the region to live in. However, I have taken climate change concerns - increased severe weather events - into account when selecting a house, both micro-location and structural build. For example, buying outside of Hurricane evacuation areas, sticking to higher elevation, being slightly inland from coast/rivers, reinforcing the structure, installing drainage, standing seam metal roofing, oversize gutters, etc.
Just interested if/how others are factoring climate change projections into account when retirement planning. Please don’t turn this Thread into a political debate on climate change. Thanks!