From National Public Radio
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Climate change is forcing people to move — but they're not going far. A study from Rice University looking at homeowners who sold their flood-prone homes to the government found that most people moved within a 20-minute drive from their old homes.
 The results question the idea that climate change could cause mass migration to less disaster-prone areas of the U.S.
It's also good news for local governments who were worried that helping people relocate would decimate their tax bases.
But it also found that housing segregation persisted: 96% of people who started in a majority-white neighborhood ended up in a similar community. |
One must also note Rice U is in Houston TX. The students probably didn't include anyone beyond the Gulf of Mexico.
Very limited study! Not to mention, what about any People of Color?
Today's quote:
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The future could lead to widespread urgency to migrate farther and across borders.
ReplyDeleteAh, you do have enticing health care just the other side of our shared border!
Delete...this is an added crisis to life.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of effort to prepare for eventual migrations.
DeleteHi Barbara,
ReplyDeleteThe migration from California and New York and even Florida is truly evident in our village. Californian ex-police officers head up the majority of our Neighborhood Watch groups...and the person in charge is from LA PD. Our newest neighbor across the street is from California...where he worked as an Investigator for the State Attorney's Office. New Yorkers live next door and some folks from Florida are building a new home just a couple of lots away.
Most people tend to move into environments that are 'familiar' to them...whites with whites, etc. The change that's coming will be with those who were born after 2000...much less racially conscious and more comfortable with diversity. Another factor is $$$...in general minorities don't have the savings/financing needed to spend on a lot of overpriced housing. That will take years to fix/overcome.
I thought that you'd be interested in some statistics regarding Rice's undergraduate population.
Rice racial diversity: White 1,213; Asian 1,088; Hispanic 642; International: 469;
International 469: Black or African American 305; Multi-Ethnic 193; Unknown 42; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 5
Geographic Diversity: 40 states are represented with Texas leading with almost 49% of the undergraduate student body. The next in percentage order are California, New York, Virginia, Georgia and Illinois. 12.6% come from outside the USA.
Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
I grew up in downtown Toronto, and we were a rainbow of colours!
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