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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
Most of these people don't give a single flying fucking shit about schools or urbanism or walkability or whatever else it is that you deem to be super-important in life. Above all else, they hate snow, and will live just about anywhere to never have to see it again.
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I know all that, and not talking about urbanism. I'm talking about the typical U.S. sprawl life, where weather is irrelevant. It isn't like anyone needs to spend time in the cold (or heat, for that matter) given our sedentary, indoors, auto-oriented lifestyles.
To me, it's weird for people who rarely go outside to make a massive life change based on an outside condition.
And I still don't get the "if they see snow, they have to move" argument, given that very snowy cities like Denver have very high growth rates. Denver gets much more snow than Detroit.
To be fair, though, the Denver demographic probably has nothing to do with the Naples demographic. Former is outdoorsy and young, latter is sedentary and old.