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minus-squareIlluminostro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoNo, that’s when you buy it dirt cheap, then build hotels and country clubs on it.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoeh. disaster remediation is expensive. the reason it can be dirt cheap is because getting it up to code is often not worth the money.
minus-squareIlluminostro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoThe people who can build hotels, country clubs, and golf courses can afford to sit on it. They literally cannot go broke unless an asteroid hits.
No, that’s when you buy it dirt cheap, then build hotels and country clubs on it.
eh. disaster remediation is expensive. the reason it can be dirt cheap is because getting it up to code is often not worth the money.
The people who can build hotels, country clubs, and golf courses can afford to sit on it. They literally cannot go broke unless an asteroid hits.