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Originally Posted by capecodder
As one who owns oceanfront property, I am opposed to all human intervention to impede nature. If one wishes to build a home, fine the risk is theirs.
I have seen firsthand how human intervention has caused negative unintended consequences. The breakwater in PTown forever changed the flow of sand around the inside of the cape to N. Truro. Sea walls caused more erosion than without them... and more.
As a boy I went to sailing camp on Pleasant Bay and we used to sail inside the protection of the barrier beach all the way to the sound and Monomoy. Then the 87 or 89 storm (I forget) broke through in front of the light. If memory serves me, I've read that in the early 1900's it was like that only to fill in over time.
Let it be. Those with property should know and bear the risk themselves. They certainly don't share the increase in their porperty value with the taxpayers.
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I agree wholeheartedly. But lets face it, Cape Codders like you are a dying breed. The new Cape Codder is getting more and more politcal clout as their numbers grow. They're moving to the Cape from areas when man has been trying to stem the tide from washing away million dollar homes for decades. I don't recall any big hue and cry to fill the 87 breach. I don't think anyone gave it a second's serious consideration.