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Location, Location, Location
Tuesday 14th August, 2007 01:18 Comments: 1
I was surprised to read that Britons are prepared to pay thousands of pounds extra to have a house by the sea. Despite the threat of rising sea levels, and the recent flooding we've had, it seems that people are prepared to pay extra to live near the sea. Call me crazy, but I want a house on a bit of land that's pretty high up. Somewhere that isn't on a flood plain, somewhere that won't disappear underwater if/when sea levels rise by a couple of metres. Mind you, sea levels aren't going to catch us off-guard like the recent flooding, so you could probably sell your house every few years and slowly work your way backwards, away from the coast, as the sea creeps closer.
Avatar Yamahito - Tuesday 14th August, 2007 10:02
You've never lived by the sea? When you have, you miss it.

Besides, most of the coast isn't crumbling away as you seem to think it is, and many coastal areas are steep - i.e. higher land than you might expect.
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