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What do you mean by "most people"? Most buildings, most renters, most landlords, most owners...? An average of 2 7.0 earthquakes in this small country each de

What do you mean by "most people"? Most buildings, most renters, most landlords, most owners...? An average of 2 7.0 earthquakes in this small country each decade and buildings aren't insured?

b1tr0t 17y ago
That's the point exactly. What insurance company would offer earthquake insurance at a price that an average citizen could afford in such circumstances.
- Semiapies 17y ago
  No, that's begging the point.
algorias 17y ago
Small country in population, not length (over 4000 km). The previous major earthquake in Chile (Iquique) didn't affect the central and southern regions at all. Besides, the fact that authorities care about earthquake prevention doesn't mean that consumers do (not at the time of buying property, anyway)
brazzy 17y ago
Presumably he meant that most owners of buildings do not buy insurance (and who else would?). And yeah, it's amazing just how little a risk of total loss once every couple of decades (no single quake hits the entire country, especially in Chile) means to people, compared with a substantial monthly or yearly bill.
- Semiapies 17y ago
  Presumption is one thing; details and substantiation, another.
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  - andrewcooke 17y ago
    i've replied twice to this and deleted both because it's difficult not to be rude. so can i just suggest that, in the future, before you tell other cultures how to live, you do the research?
    - Semiapies 17y ago
      "before you tell other cultures how to live" I didn't. I asked you exactly what you meant, as I am skeptical of your vague claim, especially when it comes to details I mentioned above. I'm sorry that it's hard for you to stand by your words in a civil way. EDIT: Folks, vote this down as far as you like. I don't take kindly to someone pulling an accusation of racism out of his ass because I had the effrontery to question him.

What do you mean by "most people"? Most buildings, most renters, most landlords, most owners...? An average of 2 7.0 earthquakes in this small country each decade and buildings aren't insured?

b1tr0t 17y ago

That's the point exactly. What insurance company would offer earthquake insurance at a price that an average citizen could afford in such circumstances.

Semiapies 17y ago
No, that's begging the point.

algorias 17y ago

Small country in population, not length (over 4000 km). The previous major earthquake in Chile (Iquique) didn't affect the central and southern regions at all. Besides, the fact that authorities care about earthquake prevention doesn't mean that consumers do (not at the time of buying property, anyway)

brazzy 17y ago

Presumably he meant that most owners of buildings do not buy insurance (and who else would?). And yeah, it's amazing just how little a risk of total loss once every couple of decades (no single quake hits the entire country, especially in Chile) means to people, compared with a substantial monthly or yearly bill.

Semiapies 17y ago
Presumption is one thing; details and substantiation, another.
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- andrewcooke 17y ago
  i've replied twice to this and deleted both because it's difficult not to be rude. so can i just suggest that, in the future, before you tell other cultures how to live, you do the research?
  - Semiapies 17y ago
    "before you tell other cultures how to live" I didn't. I asked you exactly what you meant, as I am skeptical of your vague claim, especially when it comes to details I mentioned above. I'm sorry that it's hard for you to stand by your words in a civil way. EDIT: Folks, vote this down as far as you like. I don't take kindly to someone pulling an accusation of racism out of his ass because I had the effrontery to question him.