r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • Jun 06 '25

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

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u/apesofthestate Jun 06 '25

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 Jun 06 '25

Thank you for providing me this insight!

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u/apesofthestate Jun 06 '25

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 Jun 07 '25

So sketchy!