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BigmanPigman

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2. What I do not understand is when people

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 07:04 PM

Aug 2018

lose their homes due to flooding and other climate realated causes and rebuild them in the same location. To me it is like throwing your money into the rising waters. What insurance companies are even going to insure these homes let alone new ones being built in high risk areas?

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How climate gentrification is changing coastal real estate [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2018 OP

"Climate gentrification" Loki Liesmith Aug 2018 #1

What I do not understand is when people BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #2

Right now flood is a federal insurance Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2018 #3