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Cadaverous Pallor · 03-09-2005, 11:14 AM

Tramspotter, do you want to pay for the police/rescue/cleanup/higher insurance rates when the new homes fall down too? Not to mention "stabilizing the hill"? Or sit in traffic when a home slides onto a street?

These people shouldn't be allowed to do this to us.

alphabassettgrrl · 03-09-2005, 11:57 AM

I heard a story on the radio (no, I don't have references) but they were talking about a couple in L.A. who were denied a building permit, sued to get one, and then sued the state when their home slid down the hill or whatever happened that caused the city to deny the permit in the first place.

They won that suit, too though I can't imagine why.

I also saw a news story that noted La Conchita has been sliding since 1900. And yet people live there, knowing it'll slide again.

We researched our home before we bought it. We talked to the City and found out about floods and fires and earthquakes. We live directly on a fault, but you're not going to get much away from them in California. In what they call a "500-year storm" our area is expected to flood to a depth of about a foot. And we are in no more fire danger than any other home in a city.

But I think we are definitely the oddity. The city engineers were surprised when I came in to ask about this stuff. They were happy to talk to me, though, and brought out all kinds of maps and stuff.

Prudence · 03-09-2005, 12:56 PM

We had similar problems up here a few years ago. It was revealed that in several instances home owners HAD built on stable ground -- then cut down all the foliage along the hillside to improve their views. And thus the slides started. And I'm sure our tax dollars paid for that, too.

BarTopDancer · 03-09-2005, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Or sit in traffic when a home slides onto a street?

Which I had to do a few weeks ago when the houses in Aliso Viejo were sliding.

Building houses on a hill is pretty stupid to begin with. Rebuilding after your house slides down the hill is irresponsible. The people who have houses on those hills have money. Let them pay for the stablization of the hill and the rebuilding of the house if they want it so badly. And make them sign a waiver to not expect government money when their houses slide again.

Why can't they just thank their lucky stars they are alive. And go buy a 20million dollar house somewhere else.

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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I heard a story on the radio (no, I don't have references) but they were talking about a couple in L.A. who were denied a building permit, sued to get one, and then sued the state when their home slid down the hill or whatever happened that caused the city to deny the permit in the first place. They won that suit, too though I can't imagine why. I also saw a news story that noted La Conchita has been sliding since 1900. And yet people live there, knowing it'll slide again. We researched our home before we bought it. We talked to the City and found out about floods and fires and earthquakes. We live directly on a fault, but you're not going to get much away from them in California. In what they call a "500-year storm" our area is expected to flood to a depth of about a foot. And we are in no more fire danger than any other home in a city. But I think we are definitely the oddity. The city engineers were surprised when I came in to ask about this stuff. They were happy to talk to me, though, and brought out all kinds of maps and stuff.
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03-09-2005, 12:56 PM	#13
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	We had similar problems up here a few years ago. It was revealed that in several instances home owners HAD built on stable ground -- then cut down all the foliage along the hillside to improve their views. And thus the slides started. And I'm sure our tax dollars paid for that, too. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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