Will this be the beginning of the Great Inland Migration?

[roamer65]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-migration-202221/

https://thinkprogress.org/sea-level-migration-inland-d5f9e995c8bd/


Many will not rebuild and simply pack up and leave. They will go to areas less susceptible to climate change effects.

[aikoaiko]

1. I doubt it. Coastal living is a calling.

[Wounded Bear]

2. It's where the jobs are...

because throughout history, the cheapest way to move shit around is on boats. It's been true since the Egyptians and it's still true.

Factories that build shit have to be close to where the shipping is. Longshoring is getting more automated, but there are still tons of jobs around ports. Factories need supplies shipped in and they need access to ship their finished goods out. Maritime shipping is still the cheapest way to do all that.

It's not a "calling." It's economics.

[mr_lebowski]

3. It's even more basic than economics ... it's physics ...

Energy & friction, mostly

[unc70]

4. NO !!! Beaches in better shape than inland

While there is a lot of damage everywhere in NC, the beach towns appear in rather good shape. We are having big problems 50+ miles inland. So don't expect much change on where people want to live.

[Lithos]

5. too soon

+ 20+ years

[mucifer]

6. Many inland cities have lakes and rivers that will flood with climate change

[appalachiablue]

7. Interior resettlement could happen

[Lisa0825]

8. Tornadoes, supercells, earthquakes, wildfires, landslides, blizzards, droughts...

Lots of disasters to go around that are not isolated to the coasts.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Not really.

Some people might leave, but not that many.

[drmeow]

10. I suspect sea level rise

combined with hurricanes may do it. Not just hurricanes alone.