Hurricanes strike New York from time to time. Here is an article about the economic benefits to Russia.

It is silly to say that people should be entitled to build their cities by the sea and have them stay put for thousands of years. As silly as a single man attempting to hold back the tide. The climate changes, enriching some and impoverishing others, and the cities move correspondingly. As they have as long as there have been cities.

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