Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by CalRobert on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:42AM
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I mean summer temps when they're in their 40's and possibly raising their own kids, assuming we don't address carbon emissions.
Portland's temps last summer have me spooked and I'd be even more worried about Phoenix.
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by tzs on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:47PM
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My point is that when kids grow up they often move away from where they grew up. If, on the off chance that yours don't move away for college or career before they are raising their own kids, just as you are considering moving to find a better childhood for your kids they too can move to find a better childhood for their kids if Phoenix turns out to be a sweltering summer hellhole (or rather more of one than it already is).
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by peatmoss on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:36PM
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Outlier events like last summer will become more frequent, but I think you will be hard pressed to find a better climate refuge than the PNW. The problem with climate change is that it eventually becomes a problem in one way or another for the entire globe. PNW is one of a handful of places that, while impacted, will be impacted less than most.
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by ripper1138 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:01PM
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I got news for you. Biking in the rain sucks and there’s gonna be a lot more days of rain in Portland than days where it’s too hot to ride a bike.
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by CalRobert on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:38PM
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Having lived in Ireland nearly a decade I'm pretty familiar with cycling in the rain.
It sucks, but is much nicer with decent clothing and infra.
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by randlet on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:57AM
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I think he probably means middle childhood ages not "middle aged" in the normal sense of the phrase.
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by ripper1138 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:02PM
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Unbelievably, he actually does mean when his kids are 40!
I'm generally in favor of long term planning but in this case isn't #2 kind of going overboard? Their middle ages are ~35 years in the future. A better childhood will probably be worth them having to move 30+ years later. Heck, there is already only about a 50% chance [1] that an adult is living in the area where they grew up and that's just due to the normal ebb and flow of the economy.
[1] the surveys on this vary a lot. 50% looked like a reasonable average of several that showed up when I Googled.