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OK, there will be a disruption if this scenario plays out. Trains shutting down, new infrastructure that needs to be built. But all of the people migrating away? Come on now.

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Between failing agricultural industry, increased food and electricity costs, and heavy taxation due to increased government spending, it will be hard on the economy. It's not the place will be rendered uninhabitable - it's simply not going to be an attractive place to live.

Thats some wild speculation spoken with conviction...where WILL it be attractive to live btw?

Good question! :D

YouTube presented a video on one of the coldest cities - Yakutsk in Eastern Russia. Cars stay running all the time to stop them freezing, bare skin gets frostbitten in ~15 minutes, market traders keep meat in the open air because it's frozen solid. One native in this video says -40C doesn't register as cold, she doesn't feel cold until -52C, and she wouldn't want to leave. 300,000 people live there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz4ZMLsPzqM

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