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Re:Where America's climate migrants will go as sea level rises by Tarragon on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:35PM (#22250250)
On the map shades of red indicate above average immigration. White is unspecified so some meaning of avaerage; not none, but average.

That said I have basically the same question. Why are cities not getting above average immigration? You noticed Chicago, I noticed Buffalo and Rochester, which are the #2 and #3 largest cities in NY.

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Re:Where America's climate migrants will go as sea level rises by goodcanadian on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:50PM (#22250379)
It appears that the colours have more to do with migration compared to historic trends:

Many may end up moving to the suburbs in the Midwest, where the model shows a larger-than-average influx of migrants compared to historic trends.

So, it is really showing places that have not historically had a lot of people moving in.

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Re:Where America's climate migrants will go as sea level rises by jellicle on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @03:28PM (#22250669)
Right. The complaints seem largely about being unable to understand the map.

If rural western Kentucky gets 2 climate migrants and Chicago gets 100, this may represent a much greater increase in Kentucky migration rates than Chicago migration rates.

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