Ask HN: Is Everyone Moving to Miami?
Not me. I&#x27;d rent there for a short-term, but not live there. Its time is numbered, climate change will make it borderline unlivable (if nothing else, because it&#x27;ll most likely be underwater by 2050, but also hurricanes and the heat will just get worse).<p>If you didn&#x27;t know, the stone around Miami is extremely porous limestone from compressed coral reefs and water from the ocean creeps in, including into their drinking water reservoirs[1], and the city already spends hundreds of millions of dollars[2] on various projects to try to fight against the inevitable.<p>EDIT: Since I wrote this, by chance I encountered news that an apartment building partially collapsed in Miami-Dade county this morning[3]. At least one death and still 51 people unaccounted for, unfortunately. There&#x27;s probably going to be more of this over the coming years.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;miami-floods-sea-level-rise-solutions-2018-4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;miami-floods-sea-level-rise-...</a><p>[2]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;time.com&#x2F;4932565&#x2F;hurricane-irma-miami-beach&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;time.com&#x2F;4932565&#x2F;hurricane-irma-miami-beach&#x2F;</a><p>[3]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dw.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;florida-apartment-building-in-miami-area-partially-collapses&#x2F;a-58028600" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dw.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;florida-apartment-building-in-miami-ar...</a>