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In the last 50 years, the biggest influences on cities have been deindustrialization and white flight. In the next 50-100 years, it will be sea level rise and water demands
Cities that will be heavily damaged/gone due to sea level rise during this time
Miami
New Orleans
Charleston
Hampton Roads
Cities that will be under threat due to sea level rise during this time
New York
Boston
Low lying parts of the bay area
Inland cities will tend to gain from sea level rise:
Probably Pittsburgh, Orlando, Atlanta, Memphis, Sacramento, Richmond will see substantial population gains from this effect.
Cities that will be under threat due to water demand
Los Angeles
Denver
San Diego
Pheonix
Las Vegas
Cities that stand to benefit include the pacific northwest cities (Portland, Seattle) as well as the great lakes and river cities of the rust belt such as Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis
There is no way to prevent global warming, the CO2 now reaching the ozone is from 30 years ago. Anything we do today, won't change it. So instead of trying to prevent it we need to prepare. I think it is a dumb assumption to think that the US government will stand by while all these major US cities submerge. I think that the government will throw billions into flood gates and other improvements to save the cities.
Because outside of select areas they are $%!#holes
where they are now is irrelevant to their trajectory which is being asked by this thread, yes New Orleans and Chicago do have very high crime rates and loads of poverty, but they are getting better.
In the last 50 years, the biggest influences on cities have been deindustrialization and white flight. In the next 50-100 years, it will be sea level rise and water demands.
NYC, Miami, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and New Orleans will be negatively affected by sea level rise. Major infrastructure upgrades will be necessary simply to keep these cities from being submerged.
The sun belt cities are already facing water shortages. With the current levels of rapid growth, severe problems with water demands will be unavoidable. The price of water will only continue to rise. The greater Los Angeles area, Las Vegas, and Phoenix are simply unsustainable. These cities are guaranteed to face severe problems due to depleting resources such as water, electric, and oil.
Cities that will benefit from these changes and will flourish in the future: Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Pittsburgh, and Sacramento, to name a few.
In the last 50 years, the biggest influences on cities have been deindustrialization and white flight. In the next 50-100 years, it will be sea level rise and water demands.
NYC, Miami, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and New Orleans will be negatively affected by sea level rise. Major infrastructure upgrades will be necessary simply to keep these cities from being submerged.
The sun belt cities are already facing water shortages. With the current levels of rapid growth, severe problems with water demands will be unavoidable. The price of water will only continue to rise. The greater Los Angeles area, Las Vegas, and Phoenix are simply unsustainable. These cities are guaranteed to face severe problems due to depleting resources such as water, electric, and oil.
Cities that will benefit from these changes and will flourish in the future: Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Pittsburgh, and Sacramento, to name a few.
Parts of Sacramento are below sea level, and also NYC only parts of the city will be affected more in the catagory of Seattle than New Orleans.
Every city has slums, but the slums in these cities are extreme, especially for US standards
If you think DC's slums are extreme compared to 20 years ago, you're either high as balls or you're talking out of your a**. I'm guessing a little of column A, little of column B.
If you think DC's slums are extreme compared to 20 years ago, you're either high as balls or you're talking out of your a**. I'm guessing a little of column A, little of column B.
If anything, DC's slums are shrinking.
The Iberville Project is being torn down as we speak. Last of the housing projects in New Orleans. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about.
Detroit. I mean, it can only get better from here on out, right? lol.
I take that back. People were saying that about Detroit years ago after the recession.
I could see San Fran and Boston going down. Those cities got a temporary boost after the recession because of their good economies. After the rest of the country heals economically then people will stop moving to those places because of the cost of living.
Detroit already has lots of stirrings in terms of improvement, which it hadn't seen "years ago." The town has incentivized young professionals and people are moving back in slowly. It has a long way to go, but I believe it hit bottom already and is on the way up.
Also, Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland under you scenario would have lots of parts underwater due to the Great Lakes also having rising water levels.
There's a greater risk of the Chicago River reversing course and flowing back into Lake Michigan due to low water levels on the lake.
Lake Michigan has also been at record low levels for the last 14 years, and they think it's due to higher temperatures decreasing the level of ice on the lakes in the winter, which means the water is warmer over the summer, which has then lead to higher levels of evaporation off the lakes later in the year.
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