{{ Katie Mears, who leads U.S. response work for Episcopal Relief and Development, a nonprofit, said one important aspect of climate migration was the disparity in who can afford to engage in it.
“The narrative of overcoming is appealing, but some people do leave,” they said. “In these migration patterns, it’s usually the rich people who go first,” they said, as well as those who are younger and more highly educated. }}
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You’ve got to be $tupid to move to Houston anyway. The city is a dump.
Not everyone realizes that. I understand.
How does anyone move from the North to a sweaty armpit?
Actually, when I moved from New York to Houston in 1981, it was like living in a resort.
How many New Yorkers live in an apartment complex with "palm trees, swimming pools and tennis courts?
And in a 50% pay raise and no state income tax and it was pretty sweet.
It’s a shame what the theocrats have done to the State over the past 25 years.
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Mundane winters and pools of sweat every time you step out the front door in the summer.
Houston is a swamp. Your house is sinking.
You don’t care if you’re a renter, and you have your down payment invested in the stock market at a much higher rate of return.
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The market giveth and the market taketh away.