Comment on NJ’s """answer""" to flooding: it has bought out and demolished 1,200 properties
rollerbang@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Now go and sue the person/entity that has approved construction in areas prone to flooding.
Comment on NJ’s """answer""" to flooding: it has bought out and demolished 1,200 properties
rollerbang@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Now go and sue the person/entity that has approved construction in areas prone to flooding.
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 months ago
New construction in floodplains justifiably gets outrage, but the reality is most of them have been there a long time. Most of them have had flood repairs that were less than the cost of replacing. It’s really not useful to look to the past and be judgmental about when they should have known to stop building there, or even stopped repairing there. But we clearly know now
The specific example in the article was a 60 year old guy talking about his childhood home being bulldozed.