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City. >> earl is working on a book about the climate plight. he lives part-time on the island researching life here where residents say they refuse to be climate change refugees. >> if you make the decision that whether or not you save a place is simply a function of head ko count, then they don't have a chance. you can't make it cost effective. that's a dangerous slope to start sliding down if that's your chief decider. because then you find yourself having to come up with what number is the baseline. i think it will be a real shame to see us get to that point. >> for now the mood is optimist...

Climate plight. >> if you make the decision that whether or not you save a place is simply a function of head count, then it doesn't have a chance. you can't make it cost-effective. that's a dangerous slope to slide down if that's your chief decider, because then you find yourself having to come up with what number is the baseline. i think it'll be a real shame for us to get to that point. >> reporter: for now, the mood on tan geea opt mitsic. and hoping his view on climate change won't change their future. if you could say anything to him today, what would it be? >> he's talking about a wall,...

>> reporter: one of your fears has got to be somebody like you one day walking around tangier picking up pieces of glass wondering about your life. >> picking up my life. >> reporter: sea level rise isn't just affecting tangier and its 450 locals. with many larger waterfront cities such as miami and new orleans threatened by climate change, convincing outsiders this small town is worth saving is a challenge. >> it seems to me that the decisions we as a country make about whether or not to save this place will inform how we deal with much bigger problems in cities like norfolk and new orleans a...