California Drought

Well, after all much of California was an arid rather inhospitable region before humans irrigated it. Dust to dust...

If the current unprecedented drought in the Golden State is a symptom of climate change, which is most likely the case, this could bode well for some of the long declining regions of the U.S. where--thus far--water is plentiful. As some industries which rely on adequate and affordable water are squeezed by a drying California climate they might begin to migrate to wetter economically struggling "rust belt" regions such as the Detroit area [ very affordable, centrally located; with plenty of room for expansion ], Ohio, western Pennsylvania and "upstate" New York.

We are already seeing Texas farmers giving up due to heat and drought and moving their operations north.

The decline of the great California agricultural regions bodes well for the income and property values of northern North American farms as produce prices rise along with their production output responding to increased prices and demand. In much of upstate New York the dairy business is operating at its highest capacity in its history and still not meeting demand for its product.