I’ve been wondering if Florida already does a variation of this.
I have a friend who retired to Florida and I asked him about that. His answer was that they should be ok for the couple decades of his remaining average life expectancy and he has no one to leave an inheritance for. He has to reason to care about his home holding value, nor whether it stays dry as long as it’s good for him. I guess not really denial but calculated self-interest.
So is this just my friend or is this common? It would fit with the all too common attitude of not caring about building a better future
Birth rates are declining, so it’ll be becoming more common.
I think not many people have a really good understanding of rates of change. The actual impacts are pretty stochastic, so even if things get 10x worse there’s lots of places that will remain unscathed.
naught101@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You know… Selling properties at risk of sea level rise to climate deniers would solve a lot of problems.
AA5B@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve been wondering if Florida already does a variation of this.
I have a friend who retired to Florida and I asked him about that. His answer was that they should be ok for the couple decades of his remaining average life expectancy and he has no one to leave an inheritance for. He has to reason to care about his home holding value, nor whether it stays dry as long as it’s good for him. I guess not really denial but calculated self-interest.
So is this just my friend or is this common? It would fit with the all too common attitude of not caring about building a better future
naught101@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Birth rates are declining, so it’ll be becoming more common.
I think not many people have a really good understanding of rates of change. The actual impacts are pretty stochastic, so even if things get 10x worse there’s lots of places that will remain unscathed.