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It seems a bit strange since you would expect the apartments to be located further away from the fire risk, closer to downtown than the outskirts of the city ne

It seems a bit strange since you would expect the apartments to be located further away from the fire risk, closer to downtown than the outskirts of the city near the forests. If this was State Farm deciding to drop insurance on homes that are in grossly overgrown forests with no buffer then it would make a lot more sense given the likely increase in fire activity in the coming years.

jeffbee 3y ago
Eh, not really. Look at this b.s. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8270689,-122.2087796,3a,60y,91.67h,101.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seb4F3LLU5m2x04oY3Dc-xA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8270689,-122.2087796,3a,60y,...
- akira2501 3y ago
  Yea, all that shade and wind cover, also holding down the soil and providing stability. I'll bet it's also "nice" to live there. Total B.S. that we ever allowed this to happen.
  - SR2Z 3y ago
    It's also a great idea to build homes on beautiful, yellow-sand beaches that are kept nice and clean by hurricane season! People should be allowed to live where they want - but it's well past time this country stopped subsidizing the risk of building in places where natural disasters commonly wreck buildings.
    - akira2501 3y ago
      > this country stopped subsidizing the risk of building In the given picture how much risk is being subsidized by the government? What form does that take? What about East Palestine, OH? Can we live near train tracks? What about Paradise, CA? Can we live near power lines? Blizzards can become natural disasters, is the entire area above the snow line now facing new rules for building? > commonly wreck buildings. I can't say much about those buildings right there in the picture, but some of them have clearly been there for decades.
      - jeffbee 3y ago
        Yes, but only decades. The main form of subsidy that these particular buildings enjoy is the construction and repair of roads on sliding hillsides. A further subsidy is their overrepresentation in the budget of the fire department, since this area is served by relatively more fire stations per capita than the central city. Finally, the topic of this article: in cases of fire, the owners of these buildings will expect the rest of us to bail them out. FYI, these buildings are also directly atop the Hayward Fault. > What about Paradise, CA? It should be obvious that as a matter of public policy nobody should be allowed to build a dwelling inside a forest the way Paradise was built.

jeffbee 3y ago

Eh, not really. Look at this b.s. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8270689,-122.2087796,3a,60y,91.67h,101.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seb4F3LLU5m2x04oY3Dc-xA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8270689,-122.2087796,3a,60y,...

akira2501 3y ago
Yea, all that shade and wind cover, also holding down the soil and providing stability. I'll bet it's also "nice" to live there. Total B.S. that we ever allowed this to happen.
- SR2Z 3y ago
  It's also a great idea to build homes on beautiful, yellow-sand beaches that are kept nice and clean by hurricane season! People should be allowed to live where they want - but it's well past time this country stopped subsidizing the risk of building in places where natural disasters commonly wreck buildings.
  - akira2501 3y ago
    > this country stopped subsidizing the risk of building In the given picture how much risk is being subsidized by the government? What form does that take? What about East Palestine, OH? Can we live near train tracks? What about Paradise, CA? Can we live near power lines? Blizzards can become natural disasters, is the entire area above the snow line now facing new rules for building? > commonly wreck buildings. I can't say much about those buildings right there in the picture, but some of them have clearly been there for decades.
    - jeffbee 3y ago
      Yes, but only decades. The main form of subsidy that these particular buildings enjoy is the construction and repair of roads on sliding hillsides. A further subsidy is their overrepresentation in the budget of the fire department, since this area is served by relatively more fire stations per capita than the central city. Finally, the topic of this article: in cases of fire, the owners of these buildings will expect the rest of us to bail them out. FYI, these buildings are also directly atop the Hayward Fault. > What about Paradise, CA? It should be obvious that as a matter of public policy nobody should be allowed to build a dwelling inside a forest the way Paradise was built.