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As someone who uses more water than most people, would it be irresponsible for me to move to a dry climate?
I realized that I've been entirely leaving the southwest United States off of my list of options for where to live after I graduate college, because I'd decided when I was much younger that I shouldn't live in the desert. Now, I'm realizing that I have very little idea how important that is compared to other concerns. I'm not sure how to go about weighing the utility of an additional person using too much water in the desert.
I probably use 2-3 times more water than most people, if you don't include things like lawns and car washes. (It's mainly from showers and washing my hands, probably because it takes me longer than normal to feel clean. I also need an extra load of laundry once a week to keep the dust out of my sheets, because of an allergy.)
This is the kind of thing where economic measures are useful. For political reasons you may not get a true cost for residential water, but maybe see how much industries in that area are paying per litre? Then you can calculate the dollar value you'd be imposing by living there, and compare it with the value you put on other differences between the places you're choosing from.
I see how that would work. Thanks.