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Originally Posted by wwmiv
reputations for crime
Weather has little to do with growth in the modern period.
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I'm going to quote myself here.
The key variable I was meaning, although I wasn't near as explicit as I clearly should have been is IMPRESSIONS or REPUTATIONS for crime, not ACTUAL crime levels (although impressions are informed by actual crime levels). Perhaps why El Paso isn't growing is partially because it has a longstanding impression of crime, despite the fact that it is safe.
Weather has LITTLE to do with growth, which is distinct from NOTHING to do with growth.
I'd agree with the postulation by jtown,man that the list of priorities is something like the following, but I'd add in crime:
jobs
family
cost of living
reputation of safety v. crime
weather