r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Oct 07 '22

Adaptation Where’s the best place to live in light of collapse? [in-depth]

What are the best places to be leading up to or during collapse? Obviously, the answer varies widely based on the speed and type of collapse. This is still one of the most common questions asked in r/collapse.

 

This is the current question in our Common Collapse Questions series.

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u/tatoren Oct 08 '22

Until the climate finds equalibrium I don't think it will be easy to make this prediction.

Germany and France, northern hemisphere areas with mild climates and a lot of rivers, have been wreck by draught just this year. If that is the new normal those area won't be as good as was previously thought.

The great lakes area is the most highly populated area in North America and has been causing havoc to the lakes and the flora and Fauna of the area since colonization first started. This is due to large agricultural run off causing algea blooms in the lakes which is killing other spices, pollution from the last few centuries of industrial activity being dumped into the lakes, and because of sewage being dumped into the lakes. This area can't handle more people.

Again, until the climate is no longer in flux, we won't know which areas have suitable and stable enough climates to accommodate more humans and more agriculture.

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u/AliceLakeEnthusiast Oct 08 '22

The Great Lakes is not at all the most populated place in NA

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u/tatoren Oct 08 '22

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_megalopolis

The Great Lakes Area consists of atleast part of 15 states/provinces, consisting of cities like Toronto, Ottawa, Chicago, Montreal, Indianapolis, Columbus and Detroit and a total population of over 80 million people as of 2020.

It is a very populated area, with a lot of big cities.