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Should Storm-Damaged Shoreline Homes Be Rebuilt?

Eight months after Tropical Storm Irene, some homeowners along Cosey Beach Road wrestle with the cost of rebuilding.

hit , many Cosey Beach property owners , and eight months later some still wonder.

The New York Times Real Estate section reported this week that property owners and government officials are wrestling with the implications of the storm damage and whether make it a bad idea to spend large sums of money to protect beach homes that might only face the same damage again.

The article discusses a controversial proposal that some property owners and legislators believed might give .

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