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> Or would that money be better spent fortifying a larger, more urban community outside of a high-risk fire zone or restoring forests and watersheds damaged by
by carabiner 4y ago
> Or would that money be better spent fortifying a larger, more urban community outside of a high-risk fire zone or restoring forests and watersheds damaged by wildfire, rather than, say, paying for new underground power lines and broadband internet service in the mountains of Greenville?
This question is entirely what the article discusses. Moral, economic considerations are discussed. You should read it.
- burlesona 4y agoI did read the article, and I didn’t think that one sentence in the entire story really constituted digging into the idea of intentionally closing down several small towns and combined them into a new intentionally fire-resistant settlement, nor why that idea would be resisted by the people in the towns. Your comment is rude, and against HN guidelines.