Comment below from Hardscrabble Farmer:
These people have built their homes on a piece of land that is less than 6 feet above sea level and when exceptionally high tides and heavy rains flood the streets, they demand that the government “do something”. Meanwhile the prices of property in the Keys is skyrocketing.
It’s absolutely surreal.
“For now, south Florida real estate is booming.
More than half of transactions are paid for in cash, a sign of the powerful influence of foreign investors on the real estate market.”
WTF? Do Americans not use cash? How is that a sign of the “powerful influence of foreign investors”? I’d think the name on the deed would be the sign. And if it’s going to all be underwater and the prices are picking up, WHY WOULDN’T YOU UNLOAD IT ON THESE IDIOTS AND TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN?
I can’t even. Wow, just wow.
As Florida Keys flood, property worries seep in
Key Largo (United States) (AFP) – Extreme high tides have turned streets into canal-like swamps in the Florida Keys, with armies of mosquitoes and the stench of stagnating water filling the air, and residents worried rising sea levels will put a damper on property values in the island chain.
On Key Largo, a tropical isle famous for snorkeling and fishing, the floods began in late September.
While people expected high tides due to the season and the influence of a super moon, they were taken by surprise when a handful of streets in the lowest-lying neighborhoods stayed inundated for nearly a month with 16-inches (40-centimeters) of saltwater.
By early November, the roads finally dried up. But unusually heavy rains in December brought it all back again.
“Like a sewer,” said Narelle Prew, 49, who has lived for the past 20 years in her four-bedroom home on Adams Drive, a waterfront lane lined by boat docks.
Residents have signed petitions, voiced anger at community meetings and demanded that local officials do something, whether by raising roads or improving drainage.
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