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Here is one of these houses in the aftermath of a hurricane as compared to its neighbors: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/14/us/hurricane-michael-florida-mexic

• frosted-flakes 7y ago
  A concrete house on stilts with 40' concrete pilings. Genius! I wonder if such a structure would survive even if the sea level rose all the way up to it, so that it could only be accessed by boat.
• RickJWagner 7y ago
  Wow, that is impressive.
• aggie 7y ago
  Of course if you're the only one in the neighborhood that withstands the natural disaster, you are probably still going to lose a lot of property value.
  • metaphor 7y ago
    If you own and actually live in the house, why would it matter? Property tax and HOI also drop...that's a net win IMHO.