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Sounds like Chicago is about as close to safe as it gets anywhere on earth.


You are joking, of course. A safe place would not have subzero temperatures during cold season. The world is full of much safer places where there are no weather extremes, earthquakes, or other natural disasters. Of course, you must also consider manmade disasters like overreaching government, civil unrest, and if there are oil reserves you risk invasion by other countries to liberate the population.


> A safe place would not have subzero temperatures during cold season

Given the long human history of surviving subzero temperatures, why do you say that?


"The world is full of much safer places where there are no weather extremes, earthquakes, or other natural disasters."

Examples please? I may want to move to one of these places.


As long as the power grid stays live. I’d hate to live that far north without a wood stove for backup.




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