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Friday, July 26, 2024

"Snow Belt to Sun Belt Migration: End of an Era?"

by Calculated Risk on 7/26/2024 03:15:00 PM

Here is new working paper from Sylvain Leduc and Daniel J. Wilson at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Snow Belt to Sun Belt Migration: End of an Era

Given climate change projections for coming decades of increasing extreme heat in the hottest U.S. counties and decreasing extreme cold in the coldest counties, our findings suggest the “pivoting” in the U.S. climate-migration correlation over the past 50 years is likely to continue, leading to a reversal of the 20th century Snow Belt to Sun Belt migration pattern.
If this sounds familiar, I wrote about this last year: The Long-Term Housing and Population Shift

The impact of climate change will be important for housing.