Will Likely See A Lot Of Texans Moving Elsewhere.

[TheMastersNemesis]

You wonder how many people will now move north or elsewhere out of the flooding zones. This time is the 2nd or 3rd time in recent history.

[Texasgal]

1. Interestingly enough

Texas has more people flocking to it! Austin and Houston are the fastest growing cities in the United States right now.

[FreeState]

3. Not even remotely true

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2017/02/10/full-list-americas-fastest-growing-cities-2017/amp/

[Quixote1818]

7. This site has Houston, Dallas and Austin listed as in the top 5

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/05/25/census-bureau-shows-fastest-growing-cities-u-s/344945001/#

[Bradshaw3]

13. No it doesn't

It lists smaller cities in those areas.

[Quixote1818]

24. They are part of the metropolitan statistical area of those cities

Part of the greater economy. Saying otherwise is just splitting hairs.

[VOX]

31. That's like saying development in Santa Monica, Culver City and Beverly Hills doesn't impact L.A.

When all three of those incorporated cities are very much surrounded by the city of Los Angeles.

[JI7]

34. Exactly

[Texasgal]

9. I live in Austin

I am a native born and raised here. I see the growth pattern first hand.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-05-25/fastest-growing-us-cities-are-in-south-4-of-top-5-in-texas

[Bradshaw3]

15. Because you were born and live there does not make it true

The study you listed has smaller cities in those areas listed, not Houston and Austin as the two fastest growing cities as you claimed. Facts matter more than beliefs.

[blogslut]

26. Thats how a metropolis works.

The big cities gives birth to tiny baby cities that are close enough to cuddle.

[Control-Z]

12. What the heck is it about Florida?

Am I missing something? Selling swamp land, flood prone, sinkhole areas cheap? It is one of the last places I would consider moving to.

[Bradical79]

16. No income tax -nt

[TexasTowelie]

29. No income tax in Texas either. nt

[VOX]

32. Also Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. n/t

[LittleBlue]

22. Look at the growth of the top CSAs in the country

Dallas and Houston are exploding at double digits in the mid teens while most northern cities can't crack 5%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area

[Warpy]

2. Dunno, a lot of them are weird and think Texas is where good people go when they die

Given the climate of Houston, it doesn't make any sense to me, either.

I think they might move a bit farther inland. They will move to high ground where they are, if they can. Maybe slab construction will finally get banned in favor of housing raised above the ground on piers, something that wouldn't save people in low areas now but would save them from being flooded in every single heavy rainstorm. Maybe they'll pay more attention to flood control than they do to building new highways to service sprawl and the awl bidness.

There's not much you can do to mitigate risk from a massive disaster like this one. No one will know where the best places to live are until it's over.

[onethatcares]

5. it's about the same here in florida

the place is a hot, wretched, republican run lizardperson led patch of sand, but people flock here by the millions.

has something to do with no taxes and low wages I think. that and the sun and warmth in the winter. And Jeeeezzzzzz, it's getting hot here.

[Warpy]

10. My parents retired there

and my dad just couldn't understand why I didn't ever want to come live near them. My mother got it, she hated it, said she loved to see all the high rise condos going up because they'd make Florida sink faster.

[onethatcares]

14. your mother was a very intelligent woman

Insightful, also.

I've been here 40 years living within 4 miles of the GOM, I'm tired of the change from what it started out to be to the land of selling swampland and building foundations on sand all over again.

My pleasure meeting you.

[moonscape]

17. LOL your mom! I loved our family vacations

in Florida in the 50's early 60's from the NC mountains. It was great as a kid and when the coast was open and littered with single-story motels right on the beach.

When I went back with Mom 50 years later - wow. We did find an old-style motel on Lido Key (Helmsley something) where we went out our door onto the sand, but everything else was sterile high-rise hotels. And all the private compounds/beaches for miles and miles made the state seem rather unwelcoming.

While we had a great time visiting friends, at the Everglades, etc - it's not a place I will vacation again.

[Warpy]

19. My parents moved to a barrier island near an unspoiled beach

After they died and I'd sold the house, I went to the beach to stick a toe into the Atlantic because I knew I'd never be back. I couldn't get to that unspoiled beach--it was walled off by high rises, walls, parking structures, and anything else they could use to keep people off "their" fucking beach. I have been wishing for a Cat. 5 direct hit on the place ever since.

Most of the places are now time shares or permanent air bnb. Speculators put them up, speculators bought them.

[B2G]

4. There is no totally safe place to live.

Anywhere.

[Warpy]

20. Yep, we have fire season here

and most of our volcanoes have been reclassified as dormant, not extinct.

[pansypoo53219]

21. pretty good in WI. sure, we get blizzards, but not so much big tornadoes, YET.

no lava, earthquakes, hurricanes, enough potable water. rivers flood tho.

[riversedge]

27. But we have Walker and his Repugs ruining our land, air water.

[RhodeIslandOne]

23. New Mexico?

They don't seem to have extreme weather. I guess in desert parts it could get hot.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

28. I'm also in New Mexico, in Santa Fe to be specific.

There is a certain potential earthquake danger here, but other than that we really don't get extreme weather. Oddly enough, the locals are convinced the winters here are hard winters, which is genuinely laughable. I've lived in northern New York State and Minneapolis, just to name two places which really do get a hard winter. Even the Kansas City area, where I've also lived is worse.

I may well stay here the rest of my life.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. You might be surprised

Unless you're a renter, moving means selling your house. Who's going to buy a house that's been flooded, even if repairs have been made?

Many of the homes that are flooding now have flooded before. Why did people stay? They didn't think another "500 year flood" would be happening again so soon. Even if they did want to move, they're stuck.

Moving means finding another job. If it's a couple, maybe 2 jobs.

Why do people continue to live in parts of California that are prone to wildfires?

[TheMastersNemesis]

8. Certainly Would Be Hard To Move Under The Circumstances.

[roamer65]

11. Yup.

Who is gonna buy property that will be permanently underwater by the end of the century or SOONER?

This disaster is equivalent to a major quake in a populated area of the San Andreas fault. I am thinking near $100B in damage or more. May even see insolvency in the insurance sector.

[applegrove]

18. I can't watch those beechfront property bargain hunt shows along

the coastal US. Those people are going to lose money on their properties.

[WinkyDink]

25. I thought today of one family buying their dream vacation home in Galveston. Yes, well.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

30. I love watching these shows, and

I'm constantly amazed that there seem to be so many people who can afford a second home, or even what some of them pay for a first home.

[WinkyDink]

35. NOW there's a show about buying an entire ISLAND!

[Not Ruth]

33. If there is truly no way to keep the millions of residents safe, then that is the best option