scott adams has a few questions for those hit by fire in california;

The great Scott Adams took to X to ask some important and relevant questions about what will happen to California post-fire recovery in response to an apocalyptic image of a devastated landscape.

Adams asks, “I need a fact-check on my current assumptions about rebuilding after the fire,” and shared the following concerns California homeowners will face in their efforts to rebuild:

1. It can take years to get anything approved in normal times in California. The backlog from the fire could push it out a decade.

2. The cost of building a custom home in California is roughly double the market value of the home when done.

3. The new home will get a property tax step-up to become unaffordable for anyone who owned the original home for a decade or more.

4. The fire risk will return once everything regrows, and insurance companies will not come back. Here I assume continued state incompetence.

5. There are not enough qualified builders to rebuild.

6. Owners would be rebuilding in the midst of unchecked and growing crime........more.........