A Massachusetts town spent $600K on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later – the Washington Post
![Salisbury Beach, December 2016 (by Tim Sackton CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED via Flickr).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/31886673371_32216b09b6_c.jpg)
A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away $600,000 in sand that was trucked in to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure…
A sea change on managed retreat? – CommonWealth Journal
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As waters rise, coastal residents are increasingly facing a difficult choice: try to relocate in a difficult housing market and take losses on their homes, or get comfortable with a future where there may be multiple feet of water in their living rooms…