Danger is everywhere from people of course. However, Mother nature is not something one should take lightly.

Massachusetts sucks politically and people-wise, but it is relatively safe from mother nature where I am. We have rare hurricanes, but you have ample warning of those heading up the coast. Whereas a tornado can fucking strike you down while you are out driving or sleeping in the middle of the night before you can get to safety. And in tornado alley they are plentiful. I lived in Colorado for a few years in the 90s and seeing those funnels come out of nowhere everyday at 5 pm after lightning storms from the dry heat was horrific. I saw one hovering above a neighbors house like doom walking home from school and the sirens hadn't even gone off yet to warn anyone. If it had touched down, you think that family who lived below would have had time to get in the basement? I was never so terrified and never ran so fast.

Insurance can take a long time to go through and in the meantime your entire town might be devastated if it ripped a path through your infrastructure.

As for earthquakes, we get rare ones and they are low grade nothing burgers every 30 years or so in this area.

It is relatively one of the safest spots in the country. It is however fucked up liberal, expensive and lacks freedom. So with all of the above said, I'd still like to move to Tennessee, if I could get my family on board. All i was saying in reply to your post was that I can understand why people wouldn't want to risk tornados for cheap houses. I can however, understand it for Freedom. But it is why lefties leave you all alone in the Midwest for the most part, they think it is a dust bowl of wind tunnels.

Danger is everywhere from people of course. However, Mother nature is not something one should take lightly.

Massachusetts sucks politically and people-wise, but it is relatively safe from mother nature where I am. We have rare hurricanes, but you have ample warning of those heading up the coast. Whereas a tornado can fucking strike you down while you are out driving or sleeping in the middle of the night before you can get to safety. And in tornado alley they are plentiful. I lived in Colorado for a few years in the 90s and seeing those funnels come out of nowhere everyday at 5 pm after lightning storms from the dry heat was horrific. I saw one hovering above a neighbors house like doom walking home from school and the sirens hadn't even gone off yet to warn anyone. If it had touched down, you think that family who lived below would have had time to get in the basement. I was never so terrified and never ran so fast.