Skill and Chance
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« on: August 10, 2019, 03:25:06 PM » |
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It could enhance the high income turnout advantage in the South, but I doubt it and I certainly doubt any of the catastrophic impacts you are describing. 90% of households already have air conditioning, and it's now 95%+ in the South. Public housing in Southern states is generally air conditioned. Most of the population in the South already lives in a car/office/house or apartment bubble for the entire summer, going outside only to go to the beach/pool. Also, I fully expect most outdoor construction to be done by robots by midcentury.
The worst impact would be on poor people on the West Coast and especially the Northeast who often still don't have AC, but even then it would be a transition period to approaching their summers like the South already does.
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