Submitted by gewehr44 t3_10m6iv9 in Connecticut
WoodwindsRock t1_j64pi2a wrote
Reply to comment by activehobbies in CT lost thousands of people to other states last year, Census Bureau says by gewehr44
I’m pretty sure that is going to be ignored. My family and I are planning on moving to CT from a red state because of this and other issues that the right wing is messing up (LGBT rights, education, etc).
I do wonder the statistics of people who are leaving red states for blue states. It has to be increasing. At least from personal experience I’m seeing it happen a lot and know people who are fed up and moving. That’s just personal experience, though.
I’m also a climate refugee. The narrative is that people leave Northern states for Southern states, but I think that’s far from the whole picture. Now, I, personally, am an oddball who likes the cold, but it isn’t purely that which is driving me away from the South. It’s also the crazy weather. The tornadoes, the drought, warm weather dominating winter, etc.
I’m utterly baffled by people moving to Florida. I think some of them are going to regret it, as it is increasingly prone to major natural disasters.
Impossible_Watch7154 t1_j67v7gk wrote
As climate change worsens and the GOP becomes more wacko- Connecticut will see modest population growth for some time. The pace of people like yourself moving here will quicken as climate change becomes worse this decade. Lots of people who post here are clueless. You 'get the picture' climate havens like CT will be the present and future. Many folks are living in the past with CT.
What concerning is the amount of housing stock here (its low) and the state government lack of understanding and planning for the influx of climate refugees. Although the state of CT ranks as the 5th best state in its preparation for climate change- the state here does not understand the backlash climate change will bring- as people leave southern and southwestern states. My education in geography and geology made me informed- not clueless!
https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-climate-fears-mount-some-in-u.s.-are-deciding-to-relocate
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