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Massachusetts wants to buy coastal real estate prone to flooding

Looking north to the top of Plum Island and the Merrimack River. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Robin Lubbock/WBUR
Looking north to the top of Plum Island and the Merrimack River. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

In Massachusetts, coastal real estate is becoming less attractive as climate change brings repeated flooding to those areas. To move more residents away from at-risk areas, governments sometimes offer cash for their properties.

WBUR’s Vivian La met one homeowner in Newburyport who took the deal.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Vivian La