Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live
by mindfulmore on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:08PM
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> I forgot the fact power failures only happen in Texas
No, but only Texas repeatedly ignored federal advice to fix their power grid which directly resulted in children literally freezing to death.
Texas's state government is too focused on insane abortion laws and locking down a ruling white minority class through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and empowering election officials to throw out election results.
Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live
by vel0city on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:33PM
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If you're worried about freezing to death the Northeast is definitely not the place to go. Far more people die from hypothermia in the Northeast every year than in Texas, even without having a massive pretty much unprecedented storm. And yes, this storm in February was way worse than the storm a decade ago.
I do agree with you though about the priorities of the Texas government. I don't agree with and vote against a lot of those idiots.
Re:Americans are rethinking where they want to live
by willis936 on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:00PM
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Refusing to acknowledge the ERCOT problem doesn't mean it isn't there, it just means you're content to let it persist. It's not new. This has been happening since long before I was born.
On water: living in a place where it is on-brand to not investigate public health disasters is not great. You've heard of Flint, but not Piney Point.
I can't speak for all of Texas, but my water district has high quality water standards. I look at the reports published from time to time, they're well below EPA and TCEQ limits for contaminates. Perfectly clean water here. Sure, there's areas of pollution in the state but there's pollution that happens in the Northeast as well.
> if the power will stay on
I forgot the fact power failures only happen in Texas, literally the entire rest of the United States has never experienced a single power failure, ever. Good luck assuming you'll never experience a power outage.
> Hurricanes and rising sea levels will bankrupt TX and FL each in this century
The Northeast is also very affected by rising sea levels. Which states will be more affected by sea level rise: New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, or Texas?
The entire Eastern seaboard seems to be having trouble responding to the challenges of stronger and more common hurricanes.
Don't get me wrong the Northeast is a great place to live but don't bury your head in the sand thinking that the Northeast never has water quality issues, never has power outages, never gets hurricanes, and is immune to sea level rise.