So, instead of rebuild, legislate to ensure forward planning and ongoing redevelopment is progressive and sustainable ( let's leave the definition of that alone for this conversation).
Tearing down and rebuilding is not the only option. And as another commenter notes, the cost of dealing directly with climate change could be orders of magnitude higher. So let's try to have a more open and honest debate rather than covering our ears and shouting :)
So you're proposing we throw good money after bad?
The city failed. It it's not financially feasible to fix it so it is self-sustainable at a level of investment that can be paid back in a reasonable amount of time, relocating is a perfectly acceptable proposal.
People have every right to stay there if they can afford to do so, but if they are going to ask others for financial help bailing them out, it's not in the least bit unreasonable for those spending the money to do so to dictate how that money is spent. If the city has no hope of recovery, then saying the money can only be used for relocation is perfectly acceptable. What's not acceptable is expecting others to support your unsustainable city in perpetuity.
My dad is dying from a 20 cm tumour right now. He has insurance but put up with the pain of a growing mass in his pancreas and stomach for months because he didn't like going to the doctor. Had we picked it up early, they could have operated and put him on immunotherapy.
Please, go to the doctor early and regularly. It's not worth it, trust me.
Exactly. My mom is dying from terminal breast cancer and she avoided going to the doctor for more than a year for chest pains because she had anxiety issues and was too worried about the financial aspects to confirm whether it was anxiety issues or something more serious. It had to turn from chest pains to shortness of breath before she finally set aside the cash to get it checked out. Turns out the breast cancer had metastasized and ended up in her lung, bones and liver by the time they diagnosed the cause. By that point the cancer in her lung was the size of an orange.
I also found that part very dramatic as someone who has a GHB prescription for cataplexy. Does the drug have a checkered past? Yes, but a lot of the public sentiment towards it is the result of journalistic histrionics.
For years it was sold over the counter at GNC to body builders because of its impact on prolactin levels in the body, and AFAIK it is the only known substance that mimics natural sleep. It improves REM sleep and stages 3 & 4 of slow-wave sleep.
I myself have one of the few known cases of very very mild cataplexy, so I don't absolutely have to have GHB to function, but for most people who also test positive for the HLA marker DQB1*0602 and have severe cataplexy, GHB is an absolute life saver. These people don't really experience and long term psychological effects as would be implied by the scare words used in the paragraph describing GHB. Yes, it has powerful CNS depressive effects and can be lethal in high doses, but those effects are pretty much only applicable while under the influence of the drug and not after your body has metabolized it and flushed it from the body.
Tearing down and rebuilding is not the only option. And as another commenter notes, the cost of dealing directly with climate change could be orders of magnitude higher. So let's try to have a more open and honest debate rather than covering our ears and shouting :)
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