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A comment on Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal cities across the globe. Parent comment

Re:Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal citi... by Arizhel on Monday May 22, 2017 @03:24PM (#14396234)
>what they are experiencing is now sea level rise as a result of climate change. The trend towards inundation is clear and accelerating.

>Why then would you invest at Bay Area-level prices for a condo in a building which cannot keep its lobby dry, already?

>WTH are people thinking?

Because the people of Miami simply don't believe you and don't believe that there's any climate change happening. And it's now the official position of the US government that there's no climate change.

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Re:Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal citi... by SimbaOnSteroids on Monday May 22, 2017 @04:25PM (#14396639)
A lot of them also don't plan on living long enough to see the seeds bear fruit though or they're knowingly buying property that they know is on a bubble but also know that they don't plan on holding the property long enough to see the bubble burst.
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