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AAA pulls back from offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers (www.cbsnews.com)

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More insurance companies are fleeing the state because of the growing threat from natural disasters.

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[–] masterspace@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yup. People gonna have to move.

Remember when people said that climate change would cost us trillions of dollars? This is why.

[–] HipHoboHarold@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And it's gonna suck for most of us in a lot of ways. Like I moved up north partially because of politics back in 2014. Now some are eventually gonna follow and move up here as well. Plus, I can't afford a house. A lot of people can't afford one. But when more and more people come, we won't have enough. Unless we see some real, meaningful changes in the way we handle housing, it's gonna be a shit show.

I was talking to my mom back in I think 2020 and the subject of the cost of a home came up. I told her how much they are here, and she said me and my boyfriend should move near her and some other family in St Louis. While I would love to be near family, I'm gay. I'm not moving to a red state. And I'm not looking to buy a house I will eventually need to abandon with no one buying it. That's a lot of money to just lose.

[–] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A house is worth peanuts without water, this should be priority number one when purchasing a house. We should avoid cities and move closer to mountains where the rain will provide enough stream.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Plenty of cities have good access to water. It's why most of them were built where they were in the first place. And for the most part, it's the way you have the least impact on the environment.

[–] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Plenty of cities have good access to water. It's why most of them were built where they were in the first place.

That's the way it used to be.

Take the Rio Grande:

Water restrictions ordered in Rio Grande Valley as drought persists

'The actual lake is gone,' Zapata County judge says

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The two largest cities in the Rio Grande Valley have implemented mandatory water restrictions as water levels in two reservoirs hit near-record lows due to an ongoing drought.

Rathmell gave Border Report a tour of diminishing Falcon Lake on Thursday, and at the time advocated that cities downstream in the Rio Grande Valley should be forced to conserve water.

Rathmell said that Falcon Lake is basically no more. It’s just an area where the Rio Grande river runs through.

Cities will become traps. It was convenient before but now it is becoming a death trap, don't purchase a house there, you become dependent on someone bringing food and water to you. If you are in the business of searching for a house, avoid cities.