Why do people choose to live in Southeast of the USA where theres hurricanes and you have to rebuild monthly?

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moonwalker, "...so cold in winter heating bills are more than a house payment"? Huh? Here in Michigan, my cooling bill during the summer is two times higher than my heating bill during the winter. My heating bill is perhaps $150, tops.

Michigan is the safest state in the country, by the way:
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Sherry H

Why do people choose to live in California,isent that the Earthquake belt?Why do people choose to live in Kansas?Dont they have alot of Tornados there? hummmmm

redhead70070

We don't "rebuild monthly". I have lived in southeast Louisiana for 16 years and only had damage from two storms. A Tropical storm in 1998 and Katrina last year. There are hurricanes and tropical storms during their season, June 1 through November 1. Few of them are major storms and some only drop a lot of rain.

To answer your question, we like it here. We choose to live here and accept all that comes with it. Not to be too redundant, but people live on fault lines, near volcanos, and in tornado alley. Then there's the blizzards and ice storms in the north.

There is no area in the US that is safe from "Mother Nature". If we all ran from the weather, the US would have no population.

P*Kitty

because other than hurricane season it is a beautiful place to live we dont have to worry about snow and freezing rain and where did you get the idea that we have to rebuild monthly? i have lived here (florida) for 23 yrs and i never had to rebuild anything

nola_cajun

i've lived in louisiana for 15 years.. and hurricane Katrina was the 1st hurricane i went through that damaged my house. my dad is in his 60s.. and Katrina was his 1st hurricane that caused damage to his as well

so no we dont go through hurricanes 'every month'

why do people live in Tornado Alley ??
why do people live in the areas with earth quakes in Cali ?
why do people live near Mt St Helens?
why do people live where there's mud slides ??

hurricanes aren't the only natural disasters

capthurst

We haven't had to rebuild for a hurricane since Hurricane Betsy in 1965, so I don't know where you get this monthly crap. The cost of living in the south is lower than anywhere else in the country. There isn't a single place in the country without natural disasters. Hurricanes just get more publicity because they happen seasonally and have great potential for major damage.

tweetymay

Same reasons that people choose to live in California where there are earthquakes, or Kansas where there are tornados, or Buffalo, New York that gets SOO much snow every winter.......

Proud to be an American

I was born and raised in southeast Texas and we took a direct hit from hurricane rita. We take the risk of hurricanes hitting and rational people make plans for this event by having the proper insurance. I wonder why people live up north and deal each year with blizzards and ice. At least here hurricanes are not a regular event. We haven't had a direct hit in years. Our community did not cry and complain on national tv and expect the government to replace what we owned for free. We went to work and did for ourselves.

Teresa V

Well, let's see. You can't live on the West Coast there are earthquakes. You can't live in the mid-west there are tornadoes. You can't live in the North East there are blizzards. You can't live in the south west the heat kills people and there are dust storms. You can't live in the south east there are hurricanes.
Where do you live? Every climate on this planet is subject to natural disasters. Why did you choose to live where you live? Think about that for a moment and then get back to me.

Ace Librarian

Good question.

Princess Buttercup

Monthly? Time to climb out of the hyperbolic chamber and face reality. No place in the world is safe from natural disasters. There are volcanoes in the NW. Earthquakes and fires virtually everywhere (especially CA). Tornadoes and droughts in the heartland. Blizzards in the North and East. Hurricanes are simply getting stronger and in the news more. And, some people just assume that it will never happen to them.

Hurricanes aren't endemic only to the SE - the NE and east coasts are at high risk. And been watching the news lately? Baja just got hit by a significant hurricane.

dogglebe

For the same reason why people live in earthquake areas on the west coast or blizzard areas in the northeast or flood ares...damn near everywhere. There's no completely safe place to live.

thor

Warm weather, no income tax, disaster aid paid for by rest of country's taxpayers, carpenters have so much practice rebuilding they can do it quickly- unlike in LA.

moonwalker

Probably they don't want to live in an area that is so cold in winter heating bills are more than a house payment. The census indicates some what of a trend in population movement to those areas such as Fla. Texas they must know something or don't know yet to be seen.

Brandy

That is a good question! I was born and raised in Louisiana all of my life, and I lived in the southern part of Louisiana where hurricane damage occurs. However, the answer to this question is yet simple: most people were born and raised there, like myself, and are used to traditions, etc. In addition, most people live there because it is cheap and/or they cannot move away because of money.

Right now, I live in the midwest. Why? I came here attending college and liked it, so I remained here. However, everyone, such as my family, likes it down there and would not trade it for the world. I hope this helps!

cbmaclean

Because I am sure when the weather is great and there is no turmoil, the realtors give the area a complete positive spin, and just say that the insurance will pay for everything. Also, the area where hurricanes can do damage is a huge area...basically all along the southern USA waterfront...more than 2 thousand miles...Hurricane season if from June til November...I hear what you are saying...if my place was destroyed, I would move and not rebuild. I guess it's a bit of a gamble. Canada has areas which seem routinely flooded and quite honestly, I dont have too much simpathy for farmers who get flooded year after year in Manitoba...why should the tax-payers bail these guys out, no pun intended, year after year? Maybe the lobby groups of the construction industry has something to do with it!

claire b

No- no - no it does not happen every month so why are you so upset it's not you living here. I am more worried about the crime here that another hurricane. We have a lot of people here that are not from here that are doing all the crime wave. and also from other countries illegally working here that what i really worry about.

The Thinker

Poor Judgment? Shallow end of gene pool? God only knows...
could it be lesser evolved mans need to conquor nature?
reverse darwinism>?

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