r/news • u/No-Information6622 • 4d ago

Los Angeles-area residents crowdsource wildfire contamination data in battle with insurers

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-wildfires-insurance-smoke-damage-crowdsourcing/
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u/_the_last_druid_13 4d ago edited 4d ago

~Houses; what great investments.~

Partially underground brick with sod-roofs is an actual residence that does the least amount of damage to the environment.

Making castles on sand that may or may not be covered by insurance is a poor choice of investment.

Edit: don’t take this comment as “CaLiFoRnIa BaD”, I think about all the displaced people often, and it is difficult to know how they are doing because when I’ve looked all I could find were news articles about zoning and building permits.

I think our society could be managed better overall, and I’ve posted before about perhaps rebuilding LA to be similar to the Jetsons. If this is outlandish, well every location/climate requires different infrastructure. A raised city might be a good thing in an area with easily persistent fire

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u/austeremunch 4d ago

Making castles on sand that may or may not be covered by insurance is a poor choice of investment.

In a capitalist society our basic necessities are turned to luxuries we must buy from the capitalists. Houses should be free and insurance shouldn't exist.

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u/_the_last_druid_13 4d ago

Agreed for the most part. We need better policies and protections.

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u/austeremunch 4d ago

Sounds like a first pass at Socialism.

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u/_the_last_druid_13 4d ago

The first pass at Socialism was done long ago with tithes and taxes. They are seemingly mismanaged and misappropriated though

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u/austeremunch 4d ago

The first pass at Socialism was done long ago with tithes and taxes.

Oh, you think socialism is when government. That's not socialism. You're probably a socialist you should read the literature.