Why Are Americans So Willing to Move to Disaster Zones?

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1. They want to live in Texas and Florida.

2. My friend bought a house in Alabama on the coast for their retirement home. WHY???

3. It’s what we can afford, we were priced out everywhere else.

4. The average American on both sides of the political aisle has been increasingly buying oversized vehicles (pickups and SUVs) for the last 30 years, to the point that they still make up around 80% of all new vehicle sales. And yet they 1) complain that no one will “do something” about climate change, 2) require tax incentives to buy EVs but have never needed them to buy ICE vehicles, and 3) blame the oil companies for selling them the fuel needed to keep those rolling monstrosities on the road.

   We’re not a very bright bunch.

5. Sooner or later, everywhere will be a disaster zone. Researchers thought that Vermont would be the safest state from climate change but ended up with one of the most declared emergency disaster in the past couple of years.

6. The entire country Is a disaster zone.

7. In a lot of these places home insurance is severely underpriced compared to what it should be. That’s because nobody likes higher insurance prices, including the insurance companies, so they all do all they can to artificially keep the prices down.

8. Ok now do every other country, I’ll wait…

9. Magas gonna maga. They all went down south where they can all be with their own kind of stupid.

10. Because Americans are stupid. At least a 3rd of adults are so dumb, that they want to vote for Trump.

11. Where is Bernie Sanders third home again?

12. Literally the only answer is price. This is a [bloomberg.com](http://bloomberg.com) article. Bloomberg is a financial rag, so if they act like they don’t know, they’re lying.

13. Access to beaches. If you can’t find the beach, the water will come to you.

14. I dunno, maybe look at who these areas generally vote for to get a sense. Many of them are honestly looking to November, and concluding yes, Trump would be the best choice. They’re fuggin stupid, man. They make stupid decisions.

15. >But these numbers are apparently still not high enough to change the minds of house hunters. Something has to give. One reason the number of billion-dollar disasters in this country keeps setting records is our dogged insistence on subsidizing the movement of houses, stores, offices and people into disaster zones. Policymakers need to find ways to let the costs in these places reflect the risk while assisting homeowners who can’t afford to move or pay those higher costs. Consumers need more information about the climate risks and potential insurance rates of the homes they want to buy.

    It’s insane.

16. Main character syndrome, imo. They don’t believe disasters can happen to them.

17. Because Americans don’t study climate change and some, flat out, deny it. Now, it’s being banned in schools. When you keep a population uneducated, it’s easy to move to disaster zones.