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Land movement in Rancho Palos Verdes continues to accelerate and as a result, roads and homes continue to crack and sink (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 14 OP
These are all wealthy people with multimillion dollar homes. SunSeeker Jul 14 #1
Good points. NNadir Jul 14 #2
And you can be damn sure... 2naSalit Jul 14 #3
NOT czarjak Jul 14 #4
the person using a rope to get to their house ... pretty amazing home wasn't just quickly red tagged BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 14 #7
it is pretty amazing that their gas line breaks every three days AND GETS FIXED over and over BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 14 #6
--- add to that, the flood insurance boondoggle for wealthy home owners. 3Hotdogs Jul 14 #5

SunSeeker

(53,001 posts)
1. These are all wealthy people with multimillion dollar homes.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 06:12 AM
Jul 14

They knew they were buying/building on unstable ground, but they wanted those stunning Palos Verdes ocean views. Kinda hard to feel bad for them. Plus all this emergency work and above ground piping to accommodate the slow moving slide is costing us California taxpayers a fortune. These Republicans in Palos Verdes are the first to complain about tax dollars being spent on the poor. But they demand it be spent on the rich.

2naSalit

(90,508 posts)
3. And you can be damn sure...
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 07:54 AM
Jul 14

That if these weren't houses of the wealthy, they'd have been evacuated a long time ago. They would have lost everything but they would have been removed from the area years ago. It's just like out here with wildfires, if dick cheney's home is in danger, that's where all the resources will go first, historic structures next on the list. Everything's okay if you're rich and your stuff will be protected at the expense of everyone and everything else.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(9,499 posts)
7. the person using a rope to get to their house ... pretty amazing home wasn't just quickly red tagged
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 09:19 AM
Jul 14

if you gotta hold onto a rope tied to a tree to climb a steep drive way... time to go to a hotel

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(9,499 posts)
6. it is pretty amazing that their gas line breaks every three days AND GETS FIXED over and over
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 09:18 AM
Jul 14

definitely wouldn't be fixed every three days for homes worth only 1 million or less (middle class in California)

3Hotdogs

(13,089 posts)
5. --- add to that, the flood insurance boondoggle for wealthy home owners.
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 09:06 AM
Jul 14

N.J. and Long Island coastal homes.

Buy the house.

It gets flooded.

Gub'mint (the rest of us) pays to rebuild it, instead of paying but only for removal to safer land.

Rinse and repeat.

The only saving grace is that now, flood insurance premiums are increasing.

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