Look for plants in hilly or mountainous terrain. See other EPA MAPS . Electricity will be quickly restored, but liquid fuels will not be available. This causes the most problem for transportation and home heating. Cayce recommended most of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Hilly areas are best to stop or reduce the wind.
Asheville N.C. is already a well known new-age center. California will still loose some of its land to the ocean, but the severity of the shift will be less than previously thought. Avoid the dark green coastal areas, earthquake faults, and large lakes and rivers. In other countries, avoid all islands, coastal areas and large lakes, southern Sweden, the Atlantic coast of Europe, Japan and England. The Falkland Islands and part of Alaska will probably be under the polar ice caps.