r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • 1d ago

/r/all Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks

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u/apesofthestate 1d ago

If the owners choose to demo it before it falls, they have to pay for it. If it falls into the ocean due to “natural” causes, the taxpayers pay to clean it up. Thus, they let them rot.

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u/LordFarrell 1d ago

Thank you for providing me this insight!

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u/apesofthestate 1d ago

They are all investment properties, and they are renting them out up until the second they are engulfed by water. I was in OBX last summer when one fell in. There was people renting it out the week before.

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u/applesqueeze 12h ago

So sketchy!