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The insurance mandate is what's kept those flood zone maps from being updated, so it's not as meticulous as you might think. And it's not so much the insurance
by ocschwar 9y ago
The insurance mandate is what's kept those flood zone maps from being updated, so it's not as meticulous as you might think.
And it's not so much the insurance as you having to build for the flood when you ask for a building permit.
- pabl0rg 9y agoAlso, those neighborhoods are/were among the most expensive in Houston. Being reclassified as a flood zone would change that (it's one of the standard things a Houstonian looks at when buying land).