[kevinburke]

Not just rural areas but places like Orinda and the Berkeley Hills where I will pay to underground lines at massive expense.

There is also a huge moral hazard problem where we make it cheaper than it should be to live in fire zones by subsidizing electricity and insurance. So people build a lot of houses in fire territory that burn down.

In the meantime we make it more expensive to live in the safe places. We should stop doing that

[nicbou]

This is very close to the arguments Strong Towns make in favour of denser neighbourhoods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

[rsynnott]

The trouble is, if you end the subsidisation overnight, you have a big, big problem.