Real estate is booming in south Florida, even as sea level rise becomes a reality
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Much of the city of Fort Lauderdale, in south Florida, sits just two feet above sea level and already floods multiple times a year. Yet developers are cashing in on new housing near the sea, and there seems to be no shortage of buyers. Will this someday give new meaning to the phrase 'burying one's head in the sand'?