Like the perplexing home rebuilds in known flood zones, fire-prone areas are seeing an uptick in new residents as well.

As reported by Laura Bliss in the Bloomberg CityLab article “More Americans Are Moving Into Fire-Risky Areas”: 

Megafire is colliding with America’s demand for cheaper housing near the great outdoors, and the pandemic sharply accelerated that costly trend. In an investigation, Bloomberg Citylab found that during the first year of Covid-19, the number of U.S. households moving into areas with a recent Wildfire History jumped 21% from the previous year. Meanwhile, areas without a recent wildfire history saw household moves decline by 15%.