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Is the world becoming uninsurable?

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bluedevil2k ◴[] No.42733208[source]
Like we see in California, when the government sets a price ceiling, insurance companies just leave. Same in Florida. If the free market truly was allowed run normally, the insurance rates in Pacific Palisades or on the Florida coast would be so high that no one could afford to live there. Is that a bad thing? If someone was living in a house near where they tested missiles, we'd call them crazy. At what point can we say the same about people building and rebuilding over and over in these disaster areas.
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Tadpole9181 ◴[] No.42734459[source]
> Is that a bad thing?

Is it a bad thing that we should consider most of the planet unlivable because disasters happen that aren't eternally and increasingly profitable to insure?

Is it a bad thing that literally tens of millions of Americans would no longer have insurance? That you're asking double digit percents of the entire population to leave cities and just... what? Suddenly have new homes in a region with plentiful resources and access to water and food and an economy and no disaster potential?

Is it a bad thing to compare entire states to missile testing grounds?

Is this satire?

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1. rcpt ◴[] No.42734695[source]
Most of the populated areas are perfectly safe from fire.

https://wildfiretaskforce.org/updated-fire-hazard-severity-z...