Back in the day, all of the best places to live resources tended to focus on the upside of weather – where was it sunny, where was it warm.
In the Sunday July 20, 2025 issue of the New York Times an entire insert section was instead devoted to enabling people to start to evaluate the climate downside when they are making decisions about where to build their lives and careers.
Add this to the long list of questions people are likely to start asking once they get serious. Affordable housing usually means how much the place costs to purchase, or to rent, but these days people are becoming more sensitive to operating costs like insurance and hardening their structures as well as more critically evaluating risks like wildfire and flood.
Sure, you could leave that to your local realtors to deal with, but what if it never gets that far? Local weather related impacts on housing and overall quality of life are now reported nationally and becoming part of your brand, right along side how many days of sunshine or perfect ski weather.