The west coast is prone to drought, wildfire, and earthquakes. LA is overpopulated and in the middle of a hornets nest of disasters.

Manhattan is sinking.

Miami floods every king tide.

Villages are moving inland in Alaska.

Memphis and Seattle sit on a massive fault line with half of downtown Memphis is a "liquefaction" zone.

New Orleans sits below sea level on the Gulf of Ameri... Mexico.

Seattle sits on a long overdue fault and has a significant tsunami risk.

This country is very young and some of the areas we built massive infrastructure in are incredibly disaster prone.