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“I don’t want to stay in this community,” he said. “I have to go far away from these reservoirs.” The value of the property will drop and people will move righ
by cmiles74 9y ago
“I don’t want to stay in this community,” he said. “I have to go far away from these reservoirs.”
The value of the property will drop and people will move right back in. Reading the article it sounds like the city and county still aren't willing to take any real action to move housing out of the flood reservoir.
I wonder what will make City officials take a wider view. As long as short term gain is the largest deciding factor, we can expect more such tragedies.
- cat199 9y agoif you've never been here during a rainstorm, this all sounds doable. After you've seen a heavy one, you realise flooding is a fact of life.. really, what people should do is just start building houses on stilts like they do in coastal areas or similar, because sooner or later, it will flood here.
- nerdponx 9y agoUsually we say "something will only change after a tragedy." If this hurricane wasn't enough, then perhaps nothing is.
- goalieca 9y agoThere are two solutions here. Either "let the market decide" or "regulate".
- norikki 9y agoExcept "let the market decide" usually means let greedy developers profit by outsourcing the cost of massive and costly public rescue missions and flood control infrastructure. Why shouldn't the developers or homeowners have to pay a special fee to offset the additional stress their driveways are putting on the dam and the cost of rescuing them if it floods?
- mannykannot 9y agoSo long as the federal government is effectively underwriting a chunk of the risk, the situation is likely to continue.
- scarface74 9y agoThe same people who fight the hardest against “government subsidized health insurance for the poor”, beg for “government subsidized flood insurance for homes that cost $500,000+”.