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// * Not as impacted by climate change as many other costal cities

What does that even mean? Like, what has happened to say NYC or Boston as part of climate change that has made them less desirable, vs SF?

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In addition to what others are saying about the naturally cool and stable climate, SF also has reliable water through long term water rights in the Sierras, fairly high land translating to low flood risks compared to a place like NYC and less likelihood of the sort of major storms that drive storm surge. Some of the surround peninsula is obviously more at risk, but compared to cities in Texas or Southern CA it seems like it will probably do pretty well

Since SF is on the narrow tip of a peninsula and surrounded by water on 3 sides, the temperature fluctuates much less than locations inland or even just along the coast. The temperature basically hovers around 60F year-round, a few degrees cooler in the winter, a few degrees warmer in the autumn.

I didn't know this before moving here, I don't know if I'd call it _amazing_ weather but it's certainly odd to watch the rest of the country deal with insane heat and cold while SF basically just... stays at 60.

Boston is literally sinking. Some of the most expensive parts of the Boston metro such as Backbay, most of Cambridge, and most of downtown Boston are built on reclaimed land that will be flooded when sea levels rise. This has already started happened in a limited manner.

Can you elaborate on how this is starting to happen in a limited manner?

Opposite (lack of water rather than an excess) reason than GP, but still a climate change (drought is a result of climate change) induced problem. Building foundations in Back Bay will crumble if there is an extended period of drought there.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/back-bay-foundations-could-sink...

Didn't get time to finish replying/sourcing articles, but most climate projections show that the Boston area will see much more nuisance flooding and much more severe Nor'easters, specifically in low lying areas. This is a big reason for Boston's Climate Action Plan being created - as South Boston, the Harbor, and Backbay are all very flooding susceptible. There are some good articles about it in the Globe and on Boston Govt's website, but it's too much of a pain to source through that.

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