Alternate headline: Coastal Californian housing costs are displacing people to areas that will most definitely, certainly burn down to the ground.https://twitter.com/voguemagazine/status/1072800861737369601 …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Don’t they know this? Do they just accept the risk? Or do they cynically free-ride on expectation of freebie government fire protection/damages insurance? I imagine home insurance rates are distorted by expectation of subsidized protection?
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Replying to @vgr @kimmaicutler
This land is ‘cheap’ and ‘affordable’ for a reason. Just look at the people who built and own houses near the refineries in the Bay Area. The refineries are known for issues... the land was empty for a long time... but people chose to build/buy there because $$
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