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Is it worth the risk to buy property that is less than 20 feet above sea level?
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If sea level rises due to global warming, then lots of property all over the country, and the world, will get destroyed. Just like so much property in New Orleans. But until recently I lived in a nice shore town, and if I still had a job there I would have considered eventually buying a house there, fully aware of what could happen in the next few decades.
BeachSaint, I wish I could agree, but not everyone has enough money to live for the moment, especially when it comes to buying a house.
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11 Comments
September 21st, 2009 at 7:45 am
Buy the property. The shore line isn’t going to be in your back yard for another thousand years.
Don’t let the media hype ruin your life. Yes, you need to control your use of pollutants and help the environment, but don’t think that you can’t buy beach property because of global warming.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Yes. Live for the moment. Life by the ocean is incomparable.
I think the problem with New Orleans is that it was mostly below sea level.
I believe 12′ or below is considered a flood zone in most locales. Thus, 20′ should be fine.
If you are ever thinking of buying on or near the waterfront, every city and town has flood zone maps in the Conservation, Planning and Building Departments.
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Even the worst-case estimates now regarding the possible rise of the level of the ocean are 18 inches. That’s not enough to ruin coastal property. The risks will be the same as always: floods and tsunamis.
New Orleans was below sea level to begin with, and the levee failed, so the problem there was different.
As the population continues to increase, property near the ocean will continue to increase in value, so it will be a good investment.
September 24th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I don’t think people in general think about the risks of buying property close to water. They will build on river fronts, lake fronts, ocean fronts. and not really care about the type of destruction that is done to the land. what they care about is having a view, that nobody else has. Having beach access denied to those who are native to the area, because too little pedestrian access roads are built, and those that are, have “no parking” signs every 20 feet along the roadway. Few people who have the money to purchase water front property, consiser the dangers of below sea level, or the dunes that are damaged allowing the ocean to roll in and destroy the homes, when the seas get high. why don’t they worry? Insurance coverage and Federal Aid will pull them out of the mess and they will rebuild in the same place, awaiting and taking their chances on a natural disaster to destroy once again, and the government will help them rebuild. On and on ad nauseum. Who is the government that allows this fiasco to continue? It is you the taxpayer who foots the bill, but it’s those who don’t vote and let others do their thinking for them. It’s a sad state of affairs when our country is run by clowns who have dollar bills coming out of their ears instead of brains in their heads. Go ahead build beneath the sea level, “Good Old Tax Payer and the Government will “shell” you out. For every house built on mowed down sand dunes, or 20 feet below sea level, when nature destroys it, the land should be reclamed without compensation, and the dunes rebuilt so our country doesn’t end up being like the fabled Atlantis, lost to the sea.
September 25th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Did you know that you are made entirely out of co2 as are all living things. and did you know that the ocean is the greatest CO2 emitter. Check out this documenty on you tube its is done buy the head climitologist at MIT, and the head of the IPCC. Its called the The great global warming swindal. It seperates fact from popular held myths of Global warming. its 8 parts or about a hour long
September 27th, 2009 at 1:59 am
if you can afford it, buy it
September 27th, 2009 at 2:51 am
You should only buy it if you are a liberal leach that truly believes that the government is your babysitter and will always be there to pick you up when you get a boo-boo.
If you are a man, then you will think through your decision, make your decision and then live with the results, be that good or bad. Men do not beg for help from government.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Yes. Depends how how much money and life you have left.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 am
I don’t think you should have a problem. Florida use to be under water and we are less than 20 feet in lots of places. We have some of the most expensive property in the US.
October 4th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I wouldn’t
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October 5th, 2009 at 8:05 am
No reasonable scientist has forecast that change for 1,000 years. If you plan to live that long I suggest you invest in property near a retirement community.