I asked myself what will the planet look like 50+ years from now, and could there be "goldilocks zones" where the climate there will be stable for many years to come. Ideally this isn't an area where I need to personally live off the land, but instead large cities/communities that are protected. Separately, it may make for a good investment as well, but my primary focus is where to raise our family for the years to come.
Has anyone else been thinking about this problem or put some work into it? I took a stab at it some months ago, trying to piece together different climate projections of the future across factors that I felt captured the greatest risks (heat, wildfire, drought, flooding, etc.) I attempted combine these risks into a single score/grade and then map this grade across the continental USA. Here's what it looks like https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gTIoXDtlYWEx4xhFIs9CIkaFX9i3vbjB/view?usp=share_link and here's it as an interactive tool https://www.lucidhome.co
What surprised me is how much more protected northern USA is over the south. However, I also found there to be "pockets" (e.g. in central USA) where it's a low-risk area shield around high-risk regions.
I'd be interested to further discuss this line of thinking with people here, and share findings with each other.
I would also see it as a two-level model. On the global scale, everybody will be negatively affected by the climate change, because its consequences (drought, flooding, but also refuges) will destroy economic cooperation and productivity, so everything will be hard to get and more expensive, and people will be looking for any job.
On the local scale, some land that was cheap and uncomfortable to live before might become wanted and better suitable to live. I think, the places that are barren and/or too cold today might benefit.