Texas Is the New Arizona
Humans can survive whole days without food, shelter or internet, but they can’t last long without water.
Which is why it’s so weird that American humans keep rushing to live in places where water is increasingly scarce.
The latest dry hot spot is Texas.
The state’s growing population is outstripping its water resources, and climate change will only make it worse.
Questions about why Americans keep migrating so relentlessly toward the climate crisis instead of away from it.
People escaping wildfires and high housing prices in, say, California are moving into the path of new disasters, with fresh opportunities for financial ruin.
Mark Gongloff Bloomberg 4 september 2024
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-04/texas-water-problems-like-arizona-but-bigger
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