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Poor, rich, Florida
I think Florida... and South Carolina, will be needing a lot of Socialism right now. At the moment it will be the Northern states with our freezing snow and miserable winters will pay for it.
Lax zoning laws made housing 'cheap' and the sun and sand made it an attractive place. But Florida is basically built on sand and limestone. Large and expensive areas are just begging to be washed away in the next hurricane - think Miami Beach with it's towering condos just waiting to fall down even without a major storm.
Even Capitalists are fleeing the state. Private insurance companies have been fleeing the state for years. You can lie to the public, you can lie to yourself, but the numbers.... well you can only fudge them so long.
It's not a matter of if another storm will destroy the beach side properties - it's when.
You can deny climate change until the tide starts wriggling around your basement. Oh wait... they build on slabs down there.
Even then it may be too late - limestone is permeable and the sea water will leak in first. With sea level rise there will soon be no fresh water available.
When the banks stop issuing long term loans for buildings of any type, it will be too late. Capitalism will have declare Florida unprofitable and anyone who lives there - tough luck. Only Socialism and strict government planning - cutting carbon emissions, sea walls, building codes and pre-disaster planning - will keep Florida livable.
I'm not sure I'm seeing it now.
-m
Lax zoning laws made housing 'cheap' and the sun and sand made it an attractive place. But Florida is basically built on sand and limestone. Large and expensive areas are just begging to be washed away in the next hurricane - think Miami Beach with it's towering condos just waiting to fall down even without a major storm.
Even Capitalists are fleeing the state. Private insurance companies have been fleeing the state for years. You can lie to the public, you can lie to yourself, but the numbers.... well you can only fudge them so long.
It's not a matter of if another storm will destroy the beach side properties - it's when.
You can deny climate change until the tide starts wriggling around your basement. Oh wait... they build on slabs down there.
Even then it may be too late - limestone is permeable and the sea water will leak in first. With sea level rise there will soon be no fresh water available.
When the banks stop issuing long term loans for buildings of any type, it will be too late. Capitalism will have declare Florida unprofitable and anyone who lives there - tough luck. Only Socialism and strict government planning - cutting carbon emissions, sea walls, building codes and pre-disaster planning - will keep Florida livable.
I'm not sure I'm seeing it now.
-m
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