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[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

If these people want to pay for their own sea walls to protect their homes, fine; but taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing the ultra rich to protect their properties. Buying ocean front property in this day and age is a big risk.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

The problem us that private seawalls have the effect of destroying public beaches, which is why California restricts them.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I see, there are different ways to do them. In some ways, the public will need to fund some seawall construction to protect roads and reduce erosion overall. Highway 1 in CA is a good example. But, there are also plenty of examples of people who built homes dangerously close to the ocean and when a big storm rolls in, they get wrecked.

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