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RKP5637

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4. That's a real problem in some coastal areas. With ever increasing insurance I see

Mon Jan 25, 2016, 11:45 AM

Jan 2016

some really expensive homes that sit for sale, people wanting out, and no buyers. And it happens all across the housing cost spectrum. Often people at the top $$$'s and people at lower levels don't have much in disposable income, and can't just abandon the property.

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I'm sorry for the people on the Jersey Shore, BUT... [View all] Atman Jan 2016 OP

Get your point but.. busterbrown Jan 2016 #1

Rich people who can afford to build thick walls on high foundations, who like a sea view. MADem Jan 2016 #2

I was just thinking the same. High-end RV's today are a palace for those that can afford them. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2016 #6

^^^ Absolutely. Atman Jan 2016 #7

What I see happening are some newer homes are being built way up on enormous cement piers. RKP5637 Jan 2016 #10

If the people who want RVs are also home owners and voters in the community, why not? MADem Jan 2016 #16

I've had to move a number of times with my job. Even if companies help out, you really don't break RKP5637 Jan 2016 #20

Even those new homes on cement piers will eventually become surrounded by water. Fla Dem Jan 2016 #32

Just wondering ... with global warming, I wonder just how far the oceans will come inland without RKP5637 Jan 2016 #33

"Army Corp of engineers" OxQQme Jan 2016 #42

They are members of those communities--they need to "get correct" and "get political" and change MADem Jan 2016 #11

You think? Dorian Gray Jan 2016 #43

There's a reason rich people build their houses on hills... Wounded Bear Jan 2016 #18

hey I lived in an RV at the shore, but hollysmom Jan 2016 #34

That's a real problem in some coastal areas. With ever increasing insurance I see RKP5637 Jan 2016 #4

Those people rent them in high season at thousands per week (if they're smart). MADem Jan 2016 #12

Good point! I have a friend that owns a second home in a beach resort. I was stunned when I saw RKP5637 Jan 2016 #15

I have a friend who does this. He has two houses--one he lives in, one he rents. MADem Jan 2016 #19

That's an excellent plan IMO!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2016 #21

How about what was done in other flood zones? Atman Jan 2016 #5

Why ask this of them only WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jan 2016 #9

Flood-prone areas are often bought-ought by the government. Atman Jan 2016 #13

Same for those that keep rebuilding on mudslide prone areas up in the hills. Some RKP5637 Jan 2016 #17

What?! That's like saying there is no truth in stereotypes WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jan 2016 #40

You've touched on the reason dystopian events kill so much of the population lunatica Jan 2016 #3

bigger seawalls are not an answer lapfog_1 Jan 2016 #8

Seawalls CAUSE problems, rarely help them. Atman Jan 2016 #14

with sea rise this will be question for not just the Jersey Shore nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #22

I'm not that sorry... TreasonousBastard Jan 2016 #23

And then there are many here at the Jersey shore whose homes were demolished... Human101948 Jan 2016 #27

People have wanted to live near the water since the dawn of civilization. iandhr Jan 2016 #24

The floods made the land fertile... Human101948 Jan 2016 #28

I knew that. iandhr Jan 2016 #30

No one on the Jersey Shore is farming. Atman Jan 2016 #35

Looking at Africa after dark from high above, it seems most people still live on the Nile, or nearby mahina Jan 2016 #31

really important, illustrative conversation that will become much more common zazen Jan 2016 #25

Maybe they should be forced moved out of those flooding areas. According to Gov. Christie rladdi Jan 2016 #26

If the house gets sold to anyone else as a residence, then a new person hedgehog Jan 2016 #29

That's the only rational way to do it... hunter Jan 2016 #45

I feel the same way JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #36

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #48

Those people suck! TBF Jan 2016 #37

At least you completely missed the point! Atman Jan 2016 #38

Yup - I'm sure I did. TBF Jan 2016 #41

you cannot buy sweetapogee Jan 2016 #39

My grandmother's house was on 2nd Ave in Belmar - just down from The White House. aikoaiko Jan 2016 #44

awsome sweetapogee Jan 2016 #46

My grandparents were retirees from Jersey City in the 1960s and moved to Belmar aikoaiko Jan 2016 #47

Christmas in July! sweetapogee Jan 2016 #49