That’s a good and relevant point. Until the cost to the public at large becomes an issue, I don’t see that changing any time soon. At least until sea levels rise a little more 😉
Great photographs like these will as usual help to document the conditions.
Not a model for the east coast of course, but I am reminded of the town of English, Indiana. After suffering some disastrous floods, the townspeople looked up and said, ‘Hey–you know, this is silly. There is some high ground just over there. Why don’t we just move the dang town to a location that makes more sense?’
And so they did. (from Wikipedia below):
‘From 1959 to 1990, English suffered six floods. The town council decided that the only solution to the flooding problem was to move the town. 160 acres (0.65 km2) of high ground were purchased, a partnership was formed with Lincoln Hills Development Corporation, and the entire town was relocated. This was the second-largest relocation of an entire town in U.S. history.’
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