http://www.fastcompany.com/1783816/the-trillion-dollar-storm-will-hurricanes-drive-us-off-the-coasts
Where would they go, those unfortunate enough to be priced out of their uninsurable homes in the era of climate change? Kahn favors a soon-to-be-more temperate Rust Belt, e.g. Buffalo, Cleveland, and Detroit. "The "New Detroit" of 2050 will have a warmer winter and be at relatively little risk of flooding," he writes. His UCLA colleague Laurence Smith goes further in The World In 2050, predicting the rise of "The New North" around the Arctic Circle, in which the big winners are Toronto, Calgary, Minneapolis, and Moscow. There's definitely less of a need for flood insurance in Saskatoon.
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