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The shady origins of the climate haven myth | How the media, city mayors, and the real estate industry filled us with false hope. (www.vox.com)
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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago

There are definitely areas that aren’t fit for habitation though. If you hear “climate haven” and your takeaway is that we don’t need to do anything aside from moving people out of the way, this article is speaking to you. If you read it as “we need to move people out of swamps and fire zones” you’re good, we need to do that. For example most of South Florida was never fit for permanent structures.