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To add to this point, wealthy people can afford to rebuild and insure, especially in areas that are highly sought after. I lived near a coastal area that was a
by heavyset_go 5y ago
To add to this point, wealthy people can afford to rebuild and insure, especially in areas that are highly sought after.
I lived near a coastal area that was a popular location for the very wealthy to own beach homes in. Hurricanes would regularly inundate the area, destroying homes and literally washing some of them away. However, like clockwork, the mansions on the beach would be rebuilt and by the summer it would be like nothing happened.
Meanwhile, in poorer adjacent neighborhoods, there are still abandoned remains of homes that were destroyed by hurricanes over a decade ago, because people couldn't afford to rebuild.
- tonymet 5y agoHow does one rebuild when the oceans flood the coastline?
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe Netherlands offers a concrete example.
- tonymet 5y agoDoes that work in Hawaii ? Or Florida coast . There's a reason why Netherlands are exclusive in this approach
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe reason in The Netherlands is necessity; they've got no other option. That's not the case for Hawaii and Florida, for now. The Army Corps of Engineers is considering fortifying Miami, though. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/miami-fl-seawall-hurricanes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/us/miami-fl-seawall-hurri... Hawaii can move uphill in a way Florida and The Netherlands cannot. Disruptive and expensive, but possible.