Coastal Seniors And Climate Change: Retirement Dreams Threatened As Coastal Living Increasingly Risky
Coastal Seniors And Climate Change: Retirement Dreams Threatened As Coastal Living Increasingly Risky For many people in coastal areas around the country, raising a home on stilts can save it from flood waters. But, for seniors, an additional flight of stairs may not be possible because of limited mobility. Heather Goldstone / CAI Coastal Seniors and Climate Change When Nelson Orr, 70, retired from his job as an X-ray tech at a Boston hospital, he knew what would come next. He and wife moved full-time into their gray-shingled beachfront home in the town of Barnstable, embracing its original e...
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