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Bucky

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27. I think we're gonna start to hear of other high-rises with similar issues

Reply to MerryBlooms (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 1, 2021, 07:54 AM

Jul 2021

An ideal world this would be an isolated case. But almost certainly there are other at risk buildings out there. Florida, with its low elevation and sandy foundation was not intended by nature to be so highly populated.

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Thank You for Posting This.....Outstanding...K and R Stuart G Jun 2021 #1

I have coastal property up in Maine. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2021 #2

"And I mentioned earlier that condo building is our state's industry" Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #3

I honestly don't think this collapse will not make much difference... MerryBlooms Jun 2021 #4

I think we're gonna start to hear of other high-rises with similar issues Bucky Jul 2021 #27

Good article, but I'm skeptical this by itself will be enough for big changes. tanyev Jun 2021 #5

Which, if memory serves, played out in Miami! GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #6

I had to look it up, but you are correct. tanyev Jun 2021 #12

One of my favorite songs. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #13

Ha! That was funny. tanyev Jul 2021 #33

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Any weather that involves humidity is not good weather PlanetBev Jun 2021 #11

And I love the humidity. But grew up on the gulf coast. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #14

the humidity! so uncomfortable Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #21

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We live in Florida and this is utter nonsense.... Jon King Jun 2021 #15

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I lived in Florida for 5 years. Chipper Chat Jun 2021 #17

My mother hated it, a sentiment shared by most of the women she knew Warpy Jun 2021 #19

I love the parts of Florida I love. I don't see the allure of condo living in SE Florida. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #20

What dream of Florida? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #18

Grew up in Miami XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #23

Think of condo associations as like small-scale socialism. Klaralven Jul 2021 #22

We owned a share in an old cooperative mobile home park on an Hortensis Jul 2021 #25

In the case of Champlain Towers South, the HOA would go bankrupt and the land sold to next developer Klaralven Jul 2021 #31

Right. It's the land. Our old park's very well located, and Hortensis Jul 2021 #32

Oh, brother. Fwiw, the "economic life" of these buildings Hortensis Jul 2021 #24

Do newer buildings have this issue as well? ecstatic Jul 2021 #26

There are 4 or 5 Trump towers on that island. Swede Jul 2021 #29

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Can't say I ever dreamed of owning a condo in Florida. Aristus Jul 2021 #34

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