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DATE: May 15, 2026 at 06:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Rising temperatures are deterring new arrivals rather than pushing residents out
As global temperatures rise, many people assume that worsening heat will drive residents to abandon warming regions in large numbers. However, new research published in the journal Sustainability reveals that higher temperatures alone are not prompting mass relocations in the United States, but rather slowing the rate of new arrivals to unusually hot areas. These results suggest that economic opportunities and housing conditions shape human mobility far more than gradual climate changes do.
Research into climate adaptation typically focuses on large government policies or municipal infrastructure projects. Less attention is given to how individual households adapt to gradual environmental shifts, such as rising average temperatures or prolonged droughts. These slow-moving changes increase financial burdens by raising utility bills and insurance premiums.
Over time, such creeping expenses can stress household budgets and affect physical health. Researchers wanted to understand if these persistent temperature anomalies prompt people to pack up and leave their communities. A temperature anomaly is simply the difference between current temperatures and a long-term historical average.
Previous research often looked at rapid disasters like hurricanes or wildfires. Studying slow-onset temperature changes offers a different perspective on how families manage environmental risk. If people move away from slowly warming areas, policymakers need to plan for shifting tax bases and changing infrastructure needs.
Yanmei Li, an associate professor of urban and regional planning at Florida Atlantic University, led the investigation. Li and her co-author, Diana Mitsova, a professor in the same department, suspected that household moves might be constrained by local economic realities. They aimed to see if a specific temperature threshold exists that triggers widespread relocation.
To investigate these patterns, the researchers examined county-to-county migration records from the Internal Revenue Service for the year 2021. This tax data tracks where people move by comparing their filing addresses from one year to the next. The team focused on the contiguous United States, looking at out-migration, in-migration, and net migration rates for each county.
They compared this migration data against temperature records from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Specifically, they looked at average temperature anomalies from 2017 to 2021 compared to a baseline period of 1901 to 2000. They also factored in local socioeconomic details, such as housing costs, poverty rates, and education levels, using census data.
The researchers utilized spatial regression models, which are statistical tools that account for geographical patterns and neighborhood effects. These models helped them separate the influence of temperature from other factors like a booming local job market or high housing vacancy rates. They also used a technique called spline analysis to look for potential tipping points where a certain amount of warming might suddenly change migration habits.
The results challenged common assumptions about climate-driven relocation. In the statistical models, the estimated impacts of temperature anomalies on all three migration outcomes were not statistically significant. This means that once housing and economic factors are considered, temperature changes alone do not clearly predict population shifts.
Instead of pushing people away, moderate temperature anomalies were associated with slightly lower rates of out-migration. This pattern hints at a situation where vulnerable households become trapped. Worsening environmental conditions can drain personal finances, making it too expensive for people to afford the costs of moving.
The relationship between temperature and mobility did change slightly in areas with high poverty. In poorer counties, rising temperatures were linked to higher out-migration rates. This suggests that households with fewer resources might eventually be displaced when environmental stress compounds existing economic hardships.
When looking at extreme temperature anomalies, the researchers found a different trend. Rather than causing current residents to flee, extreme heat primarily reduced the number of new people moving in. Counties experiencing the most severe temperature increases received fewer in-migrants, which slowed their overall population growth.
Despite these warming trends, traditional migration magnets in the Sun Belt continue to grow rapidly. Growing metropolitan areas in states like Texas, Florida, and Arizona remain popular destinations. People continue to flock to these regions for jobs, affordable housing, and lifestyle amenities, even though these same areas show some of the highest temperature anomalies in the country.
Li noted that the dynamics of human relocation are heavily tied to local appeal. “As extreme temperature anomalies increase, we don’t see more people leaving,” Li said.
She added that this shift alters how we should view climate-related population changes. “It’s less about people being pushed out and more about places becoming less attractive,” Li explained. “At the same time, consistently warm climates still draw people, highlighting a contrast between steady warmth and extreme heat.”
The analysis also searched for a specific temperature tipping point that might trigger a sudden exodus. The models indicated a possible shift in migration behavior when warming exceeds about 2.6 degrees Fahrenheit above historical averages. Even beyond this point, the changes in migration remained relatively small and were not statistically significant.
Mitsova pointed out that while current responses are mild, the future might look different. “The absence of strong effects today does not mean climate will remain a minor factor,” Mitsova said. “Our findings suggest that stronger migration responses could emerge in the future, particularly as rising temperatures interact with extreme events, long-term exposure, or constraints such as housing availability and insurance markets.”
The study does carry a few limitations. Because the researchers only looked at migration data from a single year, they cannot track how long-term exposure to heat influences relocation over a decade or more. Using county-level information might also mask hyper-local differences, as a single county can contain both wealthy, resilient neighborhoods and highly vulnerable communities.
People base their decisions to move on a tangle of overlapping reasons. A new job, a desire for a larger home, or proximity to family often outweigh concerns about local climate anomalies. These powerful social and economic drivers can easily obscure the subtle influence of gradual environmental change in broad statistical models.
Future research should investigate how cumulative exposure to slow-onset climate changes affects families over longer periods. Scientists could also incorporate data on specific hazards, such as the rising cost of flood insurance or the frequency of nearby wildfires. Conducting surveys directly with individual households would also help clarify exactly how environmental worries factor into their decisions to stay or leave.
Addressing these questions will help municipal planners prepare for the future. By understanding the real barriers to relocation, governments can focus on local resilience strategies. Upgrading infrastructure and assisting low-income households with energy costs might prove more effective than bracing for an unlikely wave of mass climate migration.
The study, “Temperature Anomaly and Residential Mobility: Spatial Patterns, Tipping Points, and Implications for Sustainable Adaptation,” was authored by Yanmei Li and Diana Mitsova.
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https://www.europesays.com/news/27515/ The American housing market is broken—and 3 years in, it’s starting to look permanent #Headlines #Housing #HousingCosts #HousingInventory #Inflation #MortgageRates #Mortgages #News #TopStories
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Why baby boomers are the wealthiest generation – The Washington Post
How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
The wealthiest generation holds more than $85 trillion in assets thanks to economic conditions Gen X, millennials and others would be hard-pressed to replicate.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. EST, Yesterday at 5:00 a.m. EST, 7 min
(Washington Post illustration; iStock)By Shannon Najmabadi and Federica Cocco
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The reasons come down to timing and time: Americans 75 and older bought homes and invested in stocks well before such assets exploded in value, according to Edward Wolff, an economics professor at New York University. In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, he examined the four decades between 1983 and 2022 when those older boomers saw their wealth climb and their younger peers recorded relative declines.
“It’s astonishing how their relative wealth has taken off in the last 30-plus years,” Wolff said. “They started out as among the poorest groups in terms of wealth back in 1983.”
The wealth of baby boomers — especially those in retirement —is a reflection of the uniquely favorable economic conditions that occurred during their working lives, Wolff and other economists said. So much so that it would be difficult for younger generations to emulate, especially as they are more likely to be weighed down by debt or child care costs.
Housing costs also factor into the widening divide between baby boomers (born from 1946 to 1964) and everyone else, experts say. Generation X (1965 to 1980), millennials (1981 to 1996) and their successors increasingly dedicate a bigger portion of their budgets to mortgage or rent.
People might assume boomers’ wealth reflects superior financial decision-making, if they don’t consider the historical context that allowed boomers to build their wealth over decades, said Olivia Mitchell, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why baby boomers are the wealthiest generation – The Washington Post
#babyBoom #babyBoomers #boomerKids #boughtHomes #childrenOfBoomers #economicConditions #economy #federicaCocco #generation #housingCosts #nationalBureauOfEconomicResearch #rich #shannonNajmabadi #stockInvestments #wealth #wealthiest #workingLives
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Why baby boomers are the wealthiest generation – The Washington Post
How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
The wealthiest generation holds more than $85 trillion in assets thanks to economic conditions Gen X, millennials and others would be hard-pressed to replicate.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. EST, Yesterday at 5:00 a.m. EST, 7 min
(Washington Post illustration; iStock)By Shannon Najmabadi and Federica Cocco
Get a curated selection of 10 of our best stories in your inbox every weekend.
The reasons come down to timing and time: Americans 75 and older bought homes and invested in stocks well before such assets exploded in value, according to Edward Wolff, an economics professor at New York University. In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, he examined the four decades between 1983 and 2022 when those older boomers saw their wealth climb and their younger peers recorded relative declines.
“It’s astonishing how their relative wealth has taken off in the last 30-plus years,” Wolff said. “They started out as among the poorest groups in terms of wealth back in 1983.”
The wealth of baby boomers — especially those in retirement —is a reflection of the uniquely favorable economic conditions that occurred during their working lives, Wolff and other economists said. So much so that it would be difficult for younger generations to emulate, especially as they are more likely to be weighed down by debt or child care costs.
Housing costs also factor into the widening divide between baby boomers (born from 1946 to 1964) and everyone else, experts say. Generation X (1965 to 1980), millennials (1981 to 1996) and their successors increasingly dedicate a bigger portion of their budgets to mortgage or rent.
People might assume boomers’ wealth reflects superior financial decision-making, if they don’t consider the historical context that allowed boomers to build their wealth over decades, said Olivia Mitchell, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why baby boomers are the wealthiest generation – The Washington Post
#babyBoom #babyBoomers #boomerKids #boughtHomes #childrenOfBoomers #economicConditions #economy #federicaCocco #generation #housingCosts #nationalBureauOfEconomicResearch #rich #shannonNajmabadi #stockInvestments #wealth #wealthiest #workingLives
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Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Italy Struggle with Intensifying Protests as Locals Demand Urgent Action to Combat Overtourism, Skyrocketing Housing Costs, and the Impact on Communities https://www.byteseu.com/1205825/ #Belgium #BelgiumTravelNews #EconomicStrain #France #FranceTravelNews #HousingCosts #Italy #ItalyTravelNews #overtourism #Portugal #PortugalTravelNews #Protests #Spain #SpainTravelNews #SustainableTourism #TourismImpact #TourismNews #TravelNews
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DL E&C forecasts 30% increase in Q1 operating profit to 79.4 billion won despite high housing costs, driven by plant sector growth and improved margins
#YonhapInfomax #DLEC #OperatingProfit #HousingCosts #PlantSector #Q1Forecast #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
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The 2025 #LAfires destroyed 16,000 structures, displacing thousands. A professor who studies managing risk in the face of climate change shares solutions for protecting low- and moderate-income residents. #climatechange #housingcosts #resilience https://theconversation.com/how-california-can-rebuild-safer-more-resilient-cities-after-wildfires-without-pricing-out-workers-247680
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a- #Foodprices , #pricegauging
b- #HousingCosts, #housingcrisishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgDDWr2l7-c
#TrumpTariffs will cost Americans money. BAD IDEA!!!!
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'A Revolving Door': Why Getting Housing Doesn't Always Mean an End to Homelessness | KQED
https://www.kqed.org/news/12003407/a-revolving-door-why-getting-housing-doesnt-always-mean-an-end-to-homelessness#Housing
#Homelessness
#HousingCosts
#Affordability
#AffordableHousing
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Housing affordability a problem for most Texans, UH/TSU survey finds
#Food #Housing #News #Polls #Texas #AffordableHousing #HobbySchoolOfPublicAffairs #HousingAffordability #HousingCosts #Survey #TexasSouthernUniversity
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The American Elevator Explains Why Housing Costs Have Skyrocketed
“My mission to understand the American #Elevator began in 2021 when I came down with a crippling postviral illness.
The stairs to my third-floor #Brooklyn walk-up apartment would leave me dizzy and winded, my ears ringing, heart beating out of my chest. At 32, I’d joined the 12 percent of Americans who report serious difficulty with stairs.
On bad days, I became a #prisoner in my own home”
#HousingCosts #regulation
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/opinion/elevator-construction-regulation-labor-immigration.html -
Cap rent rises in England and Wales, Labour-commissioned report says | Housing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/13/cap-rent-rises-england-wales-labour-report-cowan-evictions#RentRises
#CapRentRises
#Housing
#England
#Wales
#Labour
#Starmer
#HousingCrisis
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Record number of police officers turning to food banks amid cost of living crisis | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-officer-pay-foodbank-cost-living-b2520248.html#Police
#FoodBanks
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#Poverty
#BritishTransportPolice
#LowWaged
#RogueOfficers
#PoliceFederation
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More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renters spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, according to a Harvard University report.
#Housing #News #Texas #HarvardUniversity #HousingCosts #HousingStudy #TexasHousing
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More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renters spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, according to a Harvard University report.
#Housing #News #Texas #HarvardUniversity #HousingCosts #HousingStudy #TexasHousing
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More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renters spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, according to a Harvard University report.
#Housing #News #Texas #HarvardUniversity #HousingCosts #HousingStudy #TexasHousing
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More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renters spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, according to a Harvard University report.
#Housing #News #Texas #HarvardUniversity #HousingCosts #HousingStudy #TexasHousing
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More than half of the state’s 4.2 million renters spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, according to a Harvard University report.
#Housing #News #Texas #HarvardUniversity #HousingCosts #HousingStudy #TexasHousing
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Supply shortages and mortgage rate rises push UK rents to highest point ever | Renting property | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/oct/05/supply-shortages-and-mortgage-rate-rises-push-uk-rents-to-highest-point-ever -
England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report | Housing | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/05/england-worst-place-in-developed-world-to-find-housing-says-report#Housing
#England
#HousingCrisis
#HousingCosts
#Poverty
#PovertyTrap
#HBF
#OECD
#Renters
#Tories
#Labour
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Global News BC: B.C. pledges development charge reform as housing crisis persists https://globalnews.ca/news/9934849/cac-bc-housing-reform/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #communityamenitycontributions #developercontributions #developmentcosts #housingministry #housingcrisis #housingcosts #B.C.Housing #HousingCost #Developers #RaviKahlon #Politics #fixedcac #CACs #cac
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Homelessness crisis looms as most renters one pay cheque away from potential eviction | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/homelessness-crisis-looms-as-most-renters-one-pay-cheque-away-from-potential-eviction#Homelessness
#Renters
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#HousingCosts
#Rent
#PrivateRent
#SocialHousing
#Shelter
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Homelessness crisis looms as most renters one pay cheque away from potential eviction | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/homelessness-crisis-looms-as-most-renters-one-pay-cheque-away-from-potential-eviction#Homelessness
#Renters
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#HousingCosts
#Rent
#PrivateRent
#SocialHousing
#Shelter
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Homelessness crisis looms as most renters one pay cheque away from potential eviction | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/homelessness-crisis-looms-as-most-renters-one-pay-cheque-away-from-potential-eviction#Homelessness
#Renters
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#HousingCosts
#Rent
#PrivateRent
#SocialHousing
#Shelter
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Homelessness crisis looms as most renters one pay cheque away from potential eviction | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/homelessness-crisis-looms-as-most-renters-one-pay-cheque-away-from-potential-eviction#Homelessness
#Renters
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#HousingCosts
#Rent
#PrivateRent
#SocialHousing
#Shelter
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Homelessness crisis looms as most renters one pay cheque away from potential eviction | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/homelessness-crisis-looms-as-most-renters-one-pay-cheque-away-from-potential-eviction#Homelessness
#Renters
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#HousingCosts
#Rent
#PrivateRent
#SocialHousing
#Shelter
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One in three tenants borrowed money to pay rent in last month | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rent-increases-borrow-money-b2396775.html#Tenants
#Rent
#HousingCosts
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#Debt
#Shelter
#SocialHousing
#PrivateRent
#RentersReformBill
#Renters
#YouGov
#AffordableHomes
#AffordableHomesProgram
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Rent is cheaper than mortgage payments for the first time since 2010 | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-rent-england-scotland-london-b2396764.html -
Global News BC: Canadian home prices have stabilized. Will incomes ever catch up? https://globalnews.ca/news/9899925/canada-housing-affordability-income/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #IncomeneededHousing #MortgageStressTest #FederalGovernment #HousingPrices #housingsupply #InterestRates #JustinTrudeau #housingcosts #SeanFraser #StressTest #Consumer #Housing #Canada #Income
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Very good article about the large #homeless population in California.
Turns out #housingcosts, not #immigration, is driving it.
What the article misses is the #California #tax structure was gutted in the 80’s by #Prop13.
The public was sold on a greedy theft of generational wealth by not aligning taxes with housing prices.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/california-homelessness-housing-crisis/674737/
And I sure don’t see many #churches stepping in to help.
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‘My landlord increased my rent by 50%, so I had to leave’: tenants hit by massive hikes to housing costs
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/property-and-mortgages/landlord-increased-rent-50-per-cent-renters-housing-cost-rises-2390960#Renters
#Landlords
#Rent
#RentIncreases
#RentHikes
#Housing
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[Commentary] Southern Malaysia is becoming popular as Singaporean housing prices surge. The commute to Johor brings its own challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/29/commentary/world-commentary/singapore-housing-inflation/?utm_content=buffer79a67&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #malaysia #singapore #inflation #jobs #housingcosts
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*cackles*
Does my heart good! And of course, you don't have to be a law student to complain about illegal air bnbs.
Unregulated hotels the lot of them.
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Residential and commercial density is related to higher single-family home values across the core of five U.S. metro areas: Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Seattle.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35002007
#NICHDimpact #Housing #HousingCosts #Minneapolis #Chicago #Philadelphia #Seattle #ResidentialDensity #CommercialDensity #Neighborhoods
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Well. I never thought I'd see the day when someone IRL and on :twitter: has a tweet of theirs featured in an article.
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2022/11/toronto-let-bars-serve-booze-7-drinking-in-parks/
And he's right. This is not a problem I thought we had here in #toronto. I thought we had other problems like milquetoast John Tory, #homelessness , and #housingcosts. But nope. We can't have drinking in the parks but we can have 7am drinking. :welp:
