Iowa now has the 2nd highest cancer rate in the country. Not sure that is a midwest draw though?
People are moving to the Midwest
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I would. Most of the ski places couldn’t even open. We only had snow removal come by our place 3 times the whole season. It would dump some snow and then be 45 within a day or two.
Yep that’s been the trend for awhile. But those southern states are going to quickly become uninhabitable due to water in the west and heat/storms in the east.That seems strange in light of the fact that Southern states are growing their populations the fastest.
Southern States Gain Residents the Fastest
Population growth in southern states outpaced all other regions in the second full year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida was the fastest-growing state for the first time since the 1950s, expanding by 1.91% between July 2021 and July 2022. Western states also gained residents, but at a much...www.pewtrusts.org
Also insurance companies are finally getting smart and refusing to cover a lot more areas in the south. The shift won’t be immediate but within the next 5-10 years it will be very noticeable. It’s why you get a place now while it’s still cheap
The snow thing becomes problematic in different ways. Native pests don't get knocked down in population like they should (the Wisconsin ticks say HI!) and native trees need the cold I guess? We're having tree die-offs because of the mild winters. Which then in St. Clone's area..........increases the risk of wildfire.
I went to a gardening seminar earlier this year that was very hey this is happening, here's how to adapt. He said push back your gardening start date by a day every year and by....it must have been 2050 I think - my area will be something like 7a hardiness. It moved to 5a this year.
Part of that is definitely age-related. Iowa's average age is pushing 40.
Once folks hit 40, the cancer rate nearly triples by the time they're 54.
My Alderperson is a professional responding to a need seeing the pressure of an influx of people out of the South. Anecdotal? I don't think that is accurate in this situation.
Census Bureau estimates from July 2022 - July 2023 show every midwest state growing (albeit slowly) with the exception of Illinois. Quite a bit different than the previous year that had Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, and Kansas all losing population. Be interesting to see if the trend continues.
I recently watched a documentary confirming what you're talking about. I think it was called Furiosa.
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Call me skeptical on that.
Neighbor's wife unexpended divorced him and took half of everything which turned his retirement planning upside down. He's a doctor that specializes in spinal pain issues. He's 60-something so looking to recoup lost dollars before retirement and got an offer from a more rural area in Michigan that's well in excess of his Twin Cities pay and that, coupled with way cheaper housing, is where he is likely headed.
I’ve looked at some of the same plant zone stuff as well and it’s fascinating.
Not only is it age related, but didn't Iowa get a ton of nuclear fall out via rain in the early 60's and the people of that specific demographic who lived in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota at that time wildly outpace cancer rates for their cohort nationally?
STATUS OF RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT IN IOWA (Journal Article) | OSTI.GOV
Sampling stations for air, the border rivers, and milk, as part of a national network, are located in Iowa. A station for sampling the radioactivity in the atmosphere is located at Iowa City, and is operated on a 7-day week basis by the State Hygienlc Lab. In addition to the national networks, a...
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1950s Nuclear Fallout Hit Wide Area of the West
The highest doses of radioactive fallout from 1950s nuclear weapons tests in Nevada were received by milk-drinking children in the Farm Belt and the Northwest, according to government projections obtained Wednesday by the Associated Press.
Yes we will likely have drought and high temps and an outbreak of fires. High forestland ground litter and decreased pulpwood logging are developing into a crisis in some of northern WI. Peshtigo?
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Just have to deal with Canada on fire every summer and hope Northern Minnesota isn't next. Won't be as hot and you'll have water but you won't be immune to weather/climate issues.
Can I ask what about that you’re skeptical about?
Hence the "relative". I'm not sure anywhere is immune.
cloudy yes. but the lack of wind will make you think you are 9 doobies deep.... MY HOUSE DOESNT HAVE AC
I'm trying to get my time up north in before the Superior areas become the new CO front range...full of people from the front range.
It's only busier and busier and louder every time I go it seems.
On edit: I was surprised too that my area is gaining population from the south. As I said it was always people moving south from here, but there may be a blip of a reverse trend.
