Edit: I never said the great lakes region would be immune to climate change, just one of the best places to migrate to in the continental us
>Increased heat wave intensity and frequency, increased humidity, degraded air quality, and reduced water quality will increase public health risks.
>More than 20 million people in the Midwest already breathe air that fails to meet national ambient air quality standards.
>Air quality is expected to get worse with higher temperatures, due to both human-induced emissions and longer pollen seasons.
>The frequency of major heat waves in the Midwest has increased over the last six decades. Between 1980 and 2010, the rate of warming in the Midwest increased three times as quickly as it did from 1900 to 2010.
>Extreme rainfall events and flooding have increased during the last century, and these trends are expected tocontinue across the entire region. In the Midwest, when it rains, it will – more and more frequently – pour.
What about that "plentiful fresh water supply"?
>These lake surface temperatures are projected to rise by as much as 7°F by 2050 and 12.1°F by 2100.
>Higher temperatures, increased precipitation, and lengthened growing seasons are likely to result in increased production of blue-green and toxic algae in the lakes. Blooms of these algae can harm fish, water quality, habitats, and aesthetics—and could worsen the impact of invasive species.[1]
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Yes... but compared to where?
> What about that "plentiful fresh water supply"?
Even at higher temperatures and increases in algae the Great Lakes are still there and can still provide fresh water.
This take, combined with the ever prevalent "Housing is so much cheaper in the Midwest" has been said so much that at this point I regard it as nothing more than pro-Midwest propaganda.
I should say that, ironically, the reason I grew up here is that my Dad was a Federal employee at a time when there was no cost-of-living adjustment for Federal jobs (meaning his salary would be the same no matter which office he was assigned to, regardless of whether that was NYC or Peoria). He found this city doing research about low cost-of-living cities before putting in for a transfer. Now my daughter is growing up here for essentially the same reason. It's the circle of Midwestern life.
While I lived in SE Michigan, the main city that was targeted by remote workers wasn't Detroit, it was Ann Arbor. Housing prices there were already elevated due to U of M, but they spiked up more than surrounding areas did during the abnormally low interest rate era. People weren't moving to Livonia or Taylor despite the fact that they had lower housing prices than Ann Arbor because they wanted Ann Arbors amenities. Now, you won't have a bad life, but living like a king may be a bit too far unless you move outside of the well known areas.