Americans keep moving to where the water isn’t
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Bryan Walsh 6
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Quick Take
This intersects Brian's personal finance and family planning domains well - he likely faces these exact location/risk tradeoffs as a fintech engineer with a family. The economic incentives driving people to climate-risky areas despite obvious downsides mirrors how engineers often make technical debt decisions for short-term velocity gains.
Relevant Domains
Personal finance/risk/long-term planning Family/time management/tradeoffs (secondary)
Blog Angles
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"The Developer's Guide to Climate-Conscious Location Arbitrage"
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"Why Engineers Suck at Risk Assessment (Even Outside Code)"
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"Building Personal Infrastructure for an Uncertain Climate"
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Key Quotes
57% of Americans preferred to live in a warmer climate, compared to 29% who preferred a colder one
Of the 50 counties that had the largest share of homes facing high heat and storm risk, more than 50% had a median home sale price that was less than half the national average
Tags
#personal-finance
#risk-assessment
#location-arbitrage
#climate-planning
#family-decisions
#remote-work
#contrarian-thinking