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I was struck by the "climate does not matter" part - I have always assumed Canada will be one of the 22nd century's big winners in climate change terms (lots of nice melted permafrost agricultural land and an extra 6 degrees would be balmy)

the upshot of this is I assumed land north of Toronto is always going to be a good buy for grand children. am I thinking too small?

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Canada may be a big winner from climate change but it won't be because of permafrost. Melted permafrost is essentially swamp land, development is generally much easier when it is in the frozen state. Oil companies go so far as to install passive cooling radiators on oil pipelines to keep the ground they are built on frozen.

I still have 100 acres for sale there if you're interested ;)

Do you have a link?

No, but I do have an address if you want, drop me a line via email please, j@ww.com.

Why are you selling?

Because we no longer live there.

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