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What about the nice parts of Manhattan
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For centuries the port of New York has enjoyed nearly unprecedented prosperity, taken by the Dutch for its strategic location near an ocean, protected by land mass, and direct access to the mighty Hudson, it was taken by the British and the Americans for the same reason. Water has been the lifeblood of the town for longer than its been called New York.
Sandy showed us how detrimental water can be, especially in the Bay post-dredging.
I could be wrong but I think most of mid to upper manhattan has a sea level of 15 ft+ so I suspect we’ll lose most of the island south of 34th-ish, maybe FiDi or something like it sticks around ala a little island.
No doubt the island and the boroughs will change shape over the next hundred years, but it’s done it before and it’ll do it again.
I’ll bring the oars, you bring the beers
This is said about Miami and Tampa before every hurricane season
I mean the Dutch figured out a solution to this problem literally hundreds of years ago...
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Luckily I live on Ststen Island. Worse comes to worst we kick out all the rich ppl off todt hill
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That’s why you don’t buy property there. Just enjoy the city, milk it for what it is, and leave once you are done.
Check out the intro of ‘The Expanse’ ;)