I was born and raised in Walton County, Florida. I wish the beaches would return to what they were when I was a kid. AT times you could walk for miles without seeing another person.
Now it is just overrun with mansions. I worked at LaFountain’s Wharf in Destin when it was just a sleepy fishing village.
I remember when I was a teen Garden City, south of Myrtle Beach, was an unspoiled beach (to the south). Now it is a gated community.
That being said, I am not a beach person, but I still don't like to see every inch of beach being loaded up with a McMansion, just from a personal taste standpoint. However, I guess it could be argued that if one spends 800k for a lot, one should spend many more times the lot price on the house, regardless of how much space one really needs.
The article said that a mortgage is involved. One thing that, as a conservative drives me wild is that I as a taxpayer, am subsidizing the insuring of risky construction (beachfront, at the mercy of nature) to make the insurance payments affordable. Why should I subsidize an unwise location of a house? Let the wealthy enjoy their beachfront houses, but don't expect me to make their insurance payments affordable.
How much is this boondogle costing me?
I remember when I was a teen Garden City, south of Myrtle Beach, was an unspoiled beach (to the south). Now it is a gated community.
That being said, I am not a beach person, but I still don't like to see every inch of beach being loaded up with a McMansion, just from a personal taste standpoint. However, I guess it could be argued that if one spends 800k for a lot, one should spend many more times the lot price on the house, regardless of how much space one really needs.
The article said that a mortgage is involved. One thing that, as a conservative drives me wild is that I as a taxpayer, am subsidizing the insuring of risky construction (beachfront, at the mercy of nature) to make the insurance payments affordable. Why should I subsidize an unwise location of a house? Let the wealthy enjoy their beachfront houses, but don't expect me to make their insurance payments affordable.
How much is this boondogle costing me?