Daniel Fernandes
@dfern.eth
Prescient article, not even a month ago: >Wealthy Americans Are Now Paying for Their Own Personal Fire Hydrants >In fire-prone areas like Malibu, some are paying upward of $150,000 on personal systems https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/wealthy-americans-are-now-paying-for-their-own-personal-fire-hydrants-7d0c3e86?st=SfN7Hq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
$150k is output of personal cost risk assessment, especially when insurance companies are refusing to provide fire insurance to these homes. $150k/year to save what could be a $5M+ home, the energy and effort of getting displaced, having to move and find a new home, plus all memories that come with it.
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Daniel Fernandes
@dfern.eth
They are definitely putting the highest cost estimates in the headline, but even then, it's not unreasonable. I am curious what the median price is. High construction labor costs are unavoidable in California, but if the bulk of it is permitting costs: that needs to be changed. If anything, the state should be paying you.
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Ribin Ruck
@na
hmm https://warpcast.com/vgr/0x26586d11
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Daniel Fernandes
@dfern.eth
say more!
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