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More Americans are moving into flood and fire hot spots | More than 300,000 Americans moved to flood or fire-prone counties last year, according to data from the real estate company Redfin. (wapo.st)

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[–] Reverendender 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The 51-year-old was aware it might be risky moving to a barrier island on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, where relative sea levels have risen more than half a foot since 2010, according to a Washington Post analysis of tide gauge data. But the condo in Satellite Beach had everything else Morman and his wife were looking for: Warm weather. A welcoming community. A price they could afford in a place where they could one day retire.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Individuals do really dumb things when there are financial incentives to do them.

It takes fixing those incentives.