If global warming is real, then why are people moving to the sun-belt and to low lying coastal areas?

Question

If you feel that sea-level will rise and flood coastal areas, then you must move to higher ground. Just the opposite is happening, people are moving in droves to coastal areas.

If you feel that the earth is warming, then you must move north to cooler regions. Just the opposite is happening, people are pouring in to the Sun belt.

The most desirable and expensive real estate is on the beach and in the sun-belt. Hollywood is only a few miles from the Pacific ocean. Many celebrities live on beach front properties

Why are so many people saying one thing but doing the exact oppisite?

Answer 1

Global Warming is a scam and U bought into that. It is propagated by Gore. The guy that invented the inter net,HA HA..

Answer 2

Those people are obviously among those in denial.  And some people don't do anything unless a threat is imminent.

Answer 3

CANT AFFORD HIGH GROUND, SINCE OUR GOVERNMENT  TELLS EVERYONE SEAS RISE ONE FOOT A YEAR.

Answer 4

immediate reward always outweighs a bigger delayed one. it's our monkey brain.

Answer 5

Stupidity, the same as those who deny it.

Answer 6

It is a very slow change relative to the life span of people but a very fast change in geologic time.  GW will affect their insurance rates on their homes and their utility bills maybe, but people are not going to spontaneously combust.  It is like increasing the heat a degree or two in your home.  You won' really care much.  The detrimental effects are on the Earth's ecosystems.

Answer 7

Most of them are thinking that they should be able to get their life time in before it happens.  Whether they do or not remains to be seen.

Answer 8

Who can blame them when the climate's been cooling for the last 10 years.

The scientists have put "global warming" on hold for about 10 more years.  

But be warned.  They say it's really going to get hot once it comes back, so beware !!!

Answer 9

People always take risks for any advantages or the positives of decisions.

(I think one often considers the cost of living.  Many times, lower or the same in the South)

Think of this.

Why do we drive automobiles when the number of highway deaths and injuries outnumber those in the present war?

We weigh the risks against the advantages.

Answer 10

For one thing, sea levels aren't rising at a very rapid rate.  Sea level rise is a long-term problem, not a short-term one.

For another thing, you're assuming that people who are concerned about global warming are the ones who are moving to low elevation areas near the coasts.  There is no basis for this assumption.

Answer 11

Large parts of Humanity are not renown for  intelligence and far sightedness.

And there are those who are anxious to meet their maker.

But one could still grow old watching the sun and the ocean come up.this is not going to happen over night

this map shows the places that are rising now

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/glo...

I would be far more worried about nuclear fall out