[Etheryte]

I think whether you're at 3 or 4 depends largely on what latitude you live at. I have many colleagues who are seriously considering moving because the weather is getting too extreme where they're at. Meanwhile people in mellower climates don't even see there's a problem, they're happy there's somewhere warm they can take a holiday in the cold months.

[JohnMakin]

I live in LA - I am born and raised, never even left the city until I was an adult - I think it’s the best place on earth, but the recent natural disaster has made up my mind for me. I’m still grieving a little in my head about it, but long suspected this day could come - my home is losing fire insurance. I’m not sure I can even sell it if the market goes into a downturn, I don’t really even have a hard decision. the question to me is, what area will weather natural disasters the best in the next 40-60 years? I don’t honestly know. I think parts of northern alaska could become pretty temperate and is reasonably cheap/undeveloped, but I have infrastructure concerns and am not so much interested in remaining in the united states.

[staunton]

> northern alaska could become pretty temperate

If you're worried about wildfires, I'd look it up and reconsider Alaska...

[JohnMakin]

You know alaska is massive and geographically diverse right?

[staunton]

Are there there parts of Alaska where people live and where you will not have wildfires (this century) close enough to at least significantly impact air quality?

(I guess one could also consider parts where people don't live yet...)

[DrScientist]

Perhaps a reason why the US is looking to build a massive wall on the southern border ( people feeling northward ) and is eyeing the acquisition of territories to the north.

Though that doesn't map to the 4 stages of stalling - it's a stage 5 - the oh crap stage.