Just saw something about the Quantum Memory Matrix on @newscientist.com and thought of your book

I spend a little less on housing, but a lot more on everything else. It gets more expensive every day - climate haven and limited housing supply and all that. It’s tough to make the comparison though because no kids there meant I could live like a savage when I needed to.

I moved from NYC to rural Maine mostly for those reasons you mentioned. But honestly, I still wouldn’t be able to take this job at that pay rate. I have kids though so… they’re likely looking for someone outside of a major metro with an abundance of skills and experience and no kids.

It does say remote though. So they don’t have to be in NY.

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I’m in Maine so I’m first stop on this.

All the books by Marisha Pessl. Neverworld Wake is the most aligned with your genre though.

Just signed up! Thanks for the recommendation. I’m excited. Username is Lolabarrett

This is troubling. I think we're seeing the beginnings of a crisis. As people are lured to these unsustainable places by the low prices, they are putting more strain on the already depleted environmental and fiscal systems. Meanwhile, wealthy people are securing their future in climate havens ...pop

But this map is even more interesting. People that did leave Florida - sure some went nearby, that's to be expected. But many went to some of the most climate resilient places (Montana, North Dakota, Alaska, Michigan, South Dakota, Wyoming). Curious to know the affluence of those relocators.

My summary: People with the ability to work remote jumped on the opportunity for fiscal arbitrage (NY income, FL expenses). But now they bought houses that they can't insure or resell so they're stuck. The ones with more money at least tried to relocate to the "most" climate resilient option: Tampa

Article Summary: Florida received the most COVID relocators (27.5%). Most of them have stayed. Most of them went to Tampa (especially the more affluent ones). Most came from New York, California, New Jersey, and Illinois.

This might be one for the Mastodon. I find I don’t get any takers on these types of questions on any other social network.

Look up:
- Halo Effect
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Symbolic Interactionism
- In-Group Bias and Social Identity Theory
- Parasocial Relationships
- Confirmation Bias
- Pygmalion Effect…

Me!

a/s/l

Personally, I still like Mastodon. But my theory is because the fediverse model is too complicated at first glance. And because this one has an official app. I think the cultural shift to that model is going to be major... someday.

here in midcoast :)