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Originally Posted by racer

otoh, Venice Italy is under water almost year round and people still flock there. So while low lying coastal areas could experience greater occurances of risk, living there might not be less popular.. just more expensive (and perhaps less insurable).

There may be a specific draw to get folks to Venice. I'm not sure that much of the southern, coastal US has the same kind of draw, but maybe I'm wrong.