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I'm a freelance web developer from rural Indiana and want to move somewhere in the US I can at least possibly stay for a decade or more. Does anyone recommend

I'm a freelance web developer from rural Indiana and want to move somewhere in the US I can at least possibly stay for a decade or more. Does anyone recommend a city/state that will survive the climate apocalypse, that is well managed, and/or that is doing everything the author of this article is saying California isn't doing? I've had a hard time figuring out where to live since I don't have to be anywhere in particular for my job.

jmtulloss 7y ago
Seattle?
- jmspring 7y ago
  Slated to get a pretty major earth quake at some point.
paulbaumgart 7y ago
Storrs, CT, according to Slate: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/09/where-to-hide-from-mother-nature.amp https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/09/where-to-hide-fr...
- mitfahrener 7y ago
  Lol. Lived there during middle/high school when my dad worked at UCONN. A good place to grow up for sure. Winter was cold though!
- ngold 7y ago
  Fun article, but I would be curious if that has changed after 15 years from the date of the article.
antidaily 7y ago
Are you just bored with rural Indiana? Can’t imagine the climate apocalypse will do as much damage to the midwest.
- dunstad 7y ago
  We may not end up underwater, but ecosystem collapse leading to famine, and increased pressure on all sorts of support systems due to the need to direct aid to people from coastal areas, are both going to affect people everywhere.
  - baggy_trough 7y ago
    Do you honestly believe that famine is going to affect the middle of the United States in, say, the next 100 years?
    - cagenut 7y ago
      In a 2C world its very unlikely, in a 4C world its highly likely. So the question is, and always has been, where will we stop? The BAU trendline is ~4.5C by 2100. At which point everything from philidelphia to oakland will be desert.
      - cagenut 7y ago
        it is really disturbing how relentlessly hacker news reactionaries will downvote anyone who dares phrase the ipcc reports in plain english. what does it mean to our concepts of reason and engineering if one of the most "technical" self-selected audiences on the internet cannot read basic graphs and charts? what possible hope is there to get policymakers to base their understanding and decisions in the science if self-professed engineers can't or won't?
      - baggy_trough 7y ago
        Even if that happened, I'm not connecting the dots on how it leads to a famine. Do we not have the ability to move food any longer, or something?
        cagenut 7y ago
        empirically speaking no, we (mankind) have never moved half or more of our agriculture hundreds of miles in a generation or two without large number of people not making the transition. maybe we pull it off this time? seems like a flat out evil experiment to run. imagine your company running its failover plan to its DR site on short notice. what are the odds of it being flawless? ok now imagine moving half the farming that feeds everyone you know and love from the midwest to manitoba and ontario. if your reaction to that isn't stark terror at the risk to human life, well then you've played waaaaaaaaaay too many civilization games and your brain has broken into believing this is just a question of right-clicking on the better squares.
rubidium 7y ago
How about ... rural Indiana? Or any one of the local Midwest cities should be fine as long as you have a tornado cellar.
headcanon 7y ago
Sure, Detroit! Michigan is relatively insulated from climate change, is on the up economically speaking, reasonable property values, and a decent tech scene. Access to concerts and a thriving art scene. Plus you'd be close to home. The worst thing we have is the winters.
- sysbin 7y ago
  lmfao Michigan is pretty bottom of the list when it comes to the states of the USA.
  - headcanon 7y ago
    Then you're clearly misinformed. We're basically like Brooklyn but cheaper.
    - sysbin 7y ago
      That’s such a stretch of reality.
defterGoose 7y ago
Californian originally from Lincoln, NE. Moving home is looking more and more enticing with each passing year...
galangalalgol 7y ago
Western idaho is projected to become a perfect oceanic climate over the next 20 years. Its near large growing regions which will get longer seasons.
vsskanth 7y ago
NC is affordable.
beauzero 7y ago
Atlanta, rent for the first couple years until you are established, start working remote and then move to the country. Also Raleigh, NC. Both have excellent tech pay/cost of living ratios and robust contracting opportunities.

jmtulloss 7y ago

Seattle?

jmspring 7y ago
Slated to get a pretty major earth quake at some point.

paulbaumgart 7y ago

Storrs, CT, according to Slate: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/09/where-to-hide-from-mother-nature.amp https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/09/where-to-hide-fr...

mitfahrener 7y ago
Lol. Lived there during middle/high school when my dad worked at UCONN. A good place to grow up for sure. Winter was cold though!
ngold 7y ago
Fun article, but I would be curious if that has changed after 15 years from the date of the article.

antidaily 7y ago

Are you just bored with rural Indiana? Can’t imagine the climate apocalypse will do as much damage to the midwest.

dunstad 7y ago
We may not end up underwater, but ecosystem collapse leading to famine, and increased pressure on all sorts of support systems due to the need to direct aid to people from coastal areas, are both going to affect people everywhere.
- baggy_trough 7y ago
  Do you honestly believe that famine is going to affect the middle of the United States in, say, the next 100 years?
  - cagenut 7y ago
    In a 2C world its very unlikely, in a 4C world its highly likely. So the question is, and always has been, where will we stop? The BAU trendline is ~4.5C by 2100. At which point everything from philidelphia to oakland will be desert.
    - cagenut 7y ago
      it is really disturbing how relentlessly hacker news reactionaries will downvote anyone who dares phrase the ipcc reports in plain english. what does it mean to our concepts of reason and engineering if one of the most "technical" self-selected audiences on the internet cannot read basic graphs and charts? what possible hope is there to get policymakers to base their understanding and decisions in the science if self-professed engineers can't or won't?
    - baggy_trough 7y ago
      Even if that happened, I'm not connecting the dots on how it leads to a famine. Do we not have the ability to move food any longer, or something?
      - cagenut 7y ago
        empirically speaking no, we (mankind) have never moved half or more of our agriculture hundreds of miles in a generation or two without large number of people not making the transition. maybe we pull it off this time? seems like a flat out evil experiment to run. imagine your company running its failover plan to its DR site on short notice. what are the odds of it being flawless? ok now imagine moving half the farming that feeds everyone you know and love from the midwest to manitoba and ontario. if your reaction to that isn't stark terror at the risk to human life, well then you've played waaaaaaaaaay too many civilization games and your brain has broken into believing this is just a question of right-clicking on the better squares.

rubidium 7y ago

How about ... rural Indiana? Or any one of the local Midwest cities should be fine as long as you have a tornado cellar.

headcanon 7y ago

Sure, Detroit! Michigan is relatively insulated from climate change, is on the up economically speaking, reasonable property values, and a decent tech scene. Access to concerts and a thriving art scene. Plus you'd be close to home. The worst thing we have is the winters.

sysbin 7y ago
lmfao Michigan is pretty bottom of the list when it comes to the states of the USA.
- headcanon 7y ago
  Then you're clearly misinformed. We're basically like Brooklyn but cheaper.
  - sysbin 7y ago
    That’s such a stretch of reality.

defterGoose 7y ago

Californian originally from Lincoln, NE. Moving home is looking more and more enticing with each passing year...

galangalalgol 7y ago

Western idaho is projected to become a perfect oceanic climate over the next 20 years. Its near large growing regions which will get longer seasons.

vsskanth 7y ago

NC is affordable.

beauzero 7y ago

Atlanta, rent for the first couple years until you are established, start working remote and then move to the country. Also Raleigh, NC. Both have excellent tech pay/cost of living ratios and robust contracting opportunities.