I moved to Kansas from New York City to be safe from flooding, afford a bigger house, and put roots down
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with architect Jason Beury about his decision to move
Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was kind of a wake up call for me. Seeing the damage. Seeing the lag in response and lines at gas stations. Driving through parts of Manhattan without power. It was pretty creepy. Beury's Brooklyn neighborhood flooded during Hurricane Sandy. It brought the climate crisis to his door.My partner and I asked,"Do we want to ride this out? Or do we want to go somewhere else? And if we go somewhere else for five to 10 years, do we want to deal with some kind of coastal or low-lying area?"Our desire for a more resilient area led us to KansasOn the coasts you're getting more powerful hurricanes, coastal flooding, and sea level rise.
It has more consistent rainfall, more consistent weather. Yes, it's still getting hotter, and spring and fall are getting shorter. But you don't have these prolonged, endemic dangers, like in areas where all of a sudden there's a forest fire and there wasn't one 10 years ago.We moved in 2020 from a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn we rented for $2,200 to a three-bedroom house in Kansas City we rented for $1,400.
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