Migration doesn’t follow the climate script Vermonters might expect

Dear Editor,In a recent commentary for VTDigger regarding tax loopholes for the wealthy, author Dan Jones said, “As I watch the South become insufferably hot and the West burn up, Vermont’s moderate climate looks more and more attractive. I’m pretty sure that, even with increased taxes, our well-to-do property owners won’t be going anywhere as the larger climate collapses.”Climate change is not a new factor in 2026. The U.S. South and Southwest have been heating up