Greener Living
Americans Are Moving Toward Climate Danger in Search of Cheaper Homes
Migration to places at high risk from heat, floods and fires rose over the last two years, a new analysis by Redfin finds.
This article is for subscribers only.
A midsummer quiz: Let’s say you read about an area experiencing blistering heat for weeks on end. Heat so hot that in the day, you can’t go outside, and at nighttime it’s still above 90F. Would you cross that off your list of locations for your dream home?
Now suppose a neighborhood experiences regular heavy flooding and was recently decimated in places by a hurricane. Do you want to move there, or perhaps look for somewhere on higher, drier ground?