“Hey, it was only “rich” whiteys who could afford properties on or near the water. Nothing to see here, move along...”
That was the case in parts of NJ (where vacation homes were destroyed/damaged); a lot of these places in NY are hardly resorts. A lot of damage wasn’t just along the ocean, but along the banks of the rivers that flow into it.
I didn't think I needed the < /sarc > tag; I know that a lot of the damage was to home owned by middle class working folks, both at the shore and on the rivers and bays.