How many millionaires build homes next to reactors?

[aquart]

Has anyone researched home values next to reactors? Any gated communities? Who lives next to those darlings?

[marions ghost]

1. In New York they do...

Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York just south of Peekskill. It sits on the east bank of the Hudson River, 24 miles north of New York City. The power plant provides up to 30% of the electricity used by New York City and Westchester County.

[reformist2]

8. Yeah, but it's shut down half the time! I bet it doesn't get renewed...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. It's up for renewal in 2013 and I hope that it's finally shut down.

[davepc]

32. I grew up in the shadow of it am i'm glad i didn't inhale coal exhaust for 20 years

[aquart]

34. Excellent use of industry talking point!

[davepc]

38. dosent make it any less true

I've kyacked in the Hudson right near the plant. Hiked Bear Mountain, which Indian Point sits at its foot. No smoot. No smog. Part of the Appalachian trail runs just the other side of the river. It's quite beautiful.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

41. What a leap! It never would have been a coal plant.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. Lake Norman N.C. - Outside Charlotte

There are some very wealthy people living within a few miles of a nuclear power facility.

[itsrobert]

3. San Onfre

Plenty. But to the South and East, it buffered by Camp Pendleton.

[KansDem]

6. That's right! Not too far from Nixon's "Western White House," if I recall correctly.

La Casa Pacifica

[taught_me_patience]

18. Dana point is 10 miles away from San Onofre

Plenty of mega million homes there. Laguna Beach is 20 miles away...

[marions ghost]

4. How about

how many nuclear energy advocates live next to them?

[MikeW]

5. I think you assumed that only the poor live near them

I live near Millstone power in CT ... I can tell you this its right on the Bay facing Long Island sound and there are BIG dollar homes all along the waterfront

along Niantic and Waterford.

[aquart]

21. I didn't know. That's why I asked.

And I'm completely charmed to hear that wealthy homes are in these areas.

[Little Star]

47. My sister lives in Niantic and works in Waterford.

That whole area has tons of big dollar homes. It's quite beautiful in many areas around there.

[Kingofalldems]

7. I ran it through an engineer and he said.......none.

K and R

[KittyWampus]

9. the one by White Horse Beach in MA?

[Voice for Peace]

10. a friend was telling me of a guy he met

I don't know if he was a millionaire, but he had a beautiful waterfront home -- he had bought it cheap, a great deal --AND-- he did NOT have to pay any property taxes, because it's on nuclear plant property. I think this is in Conn.

[Arctic Dave]

11. Reactors need a lot of water, rich people like to live next

to oceans and lakes. One could guess that there a more then normal amounts of millionaires living next one.

[bobbolink]

30. Reactors don't use sea water. Too corrosive.

[aquart]

33. Well, except for Fukashima.

[bobbolink]

42. Which is only being done as A LAST RESORT.

[Arctic Dave]

44. Desalinized sea water.

[bobbolink]

45. That's not what the expert on Thom Hartmann said, and I tend to believe him rather than DU.

[Arctic Dave]

46. Some but no all.

http://www.edison.com/files/SONGS_OCEAN_WATER_COOLING_SYSTEM.pdf

Its an easy read.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. I live close to Indian Point in NY and there are lots of million dollar plus homes near it.

[MineralMan]

14. Bunch of them near the Diablo Canyon plant.

The hillside property right near there is definitely millionaire territory.

[SidDithers]

15. How many millionaires build homes next to wind farms?...

How many millionaires build homes next to steel foundries?

How many millionaires build homes next to schools?

Do you have a point with your question?

Sid

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Actually, Sid, the point seems rather quite obvious.

Did you really not get it?

:shrug:

[SidDithers]

20. That millionaires build their houses away from dirty, noisy shit?..

That's kinda obvious, isn't it?

Guess I was looking for something deeper. :shrug:

Sid

[aquart]

24. Well, I was wondering if the political fallout

might be denser than the nuclear fallout in the United States.

[aquart]

23. Yes. I wished to obtain information.

I would love to hear of millionaires living near steel foundries. It would mean we still have some.

The rest of your comment was deliberately disruptive in attitude.

[petronius]

16. Plenty of $million homes next to Diablo Canyon, and I suspect that the main thing keeping them

away from San Onofre is Camp Pendleton - if that property was developed, I'd bet it would be beachfront mansions right up to the gate. (Looking at Zillow, for instance, the closest for-sale house I can find to SONGS is listed at $8.4M)...

[ProgressiveProfessor]

19. Didn't Tom Clancy live near Calvert Cliffs?

[lutefisk]

25. As well as Cheney and Rumsfeld (St. Michaels)

Or at least they used to have homes there.

edit: Maybe it's not that close- 30-35 miles across the bay?

[daleo]

22. How many nuclear industry execs live near to a reactor

If any do, I have a hunch they'll be considering a real estate agent after this disaster.

[aquart]

26. Well, property values in those areas bear watching.

Today the Republicans took a very strong pro-nuke plant stance. As did our president.

I have no idea what this will mean for coming elections. Or fundraising.

[guitar man]

39. It should be a requirement

If you want to be a big shot limo ridin exec in the nuclear power industry then there should be a requirement to live next to one of the damn things. Drink and bathe in the local water and if it fucks up, be trained to help in the emergency and get your ass to the plant. Have a guy with a rifle watching him 24/7 and if he tries to run away when the plant fucks up, standing orders to shoot Mr Megabucks.

I bet if we had those requirements we'd find out whether they could build a truly safe plant or whether they are blowing smoke up our ass about it. One thing is for damn sure, they wouldn't be cutting any corners. ;)

[Ghost in the Machine]

27. The Ocean Reef Club in North Key Largo is just a few miles across the bay from

the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant...

Ocean Reef Club is a millionaire's hideaway & playground

[rdking647]

28. lake forest il

lake forest,one of the richest suburbs in chicago is less than 15 miles from the (now shut down) zion nuclear plant

[Cleita]

29. More than you'd think. Some of the priciest property

in San Luis Obispo County surrounds the Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant because of the stunning ocean and canyon views.

[aquart]

31. My geology professors told a story of visiting another geology professor

In California whose house was built jutting out over a canyon on a faultline. They remonstrated with him. "Don't you know there's a fault line here?" "Of course I do." "And that an earthquake could happen at any moment?" "Of course I know." "Then why did you build here?" "The view! The view!"

[Cerridwen]

35. Which came first; the multi-million dollar properties...

or the property-tax free million-dollar homes?

Psychopaths always think they'll beat the odds and throw their money at it to make sure they do.

[aquart]

36. Another thing to measure would be sales of radiation detectors to those areas.

[Cerridwen]

37. As well as how often and for how long those millionares live in

their multi-million dollar houses. Vacation home? Permanent residence? Tax write-off?

[Raine]

40. Lots of them in CA because those plants are built on the coast

in some of the most beautiful areas of the state where the rich also like their homes.

[PRETZEL]

43. Actually most of the new construction

in the Limerick area is designed for the higher income brackets. There are a few gated communities but mostly for the higher half of what is considered middle income.

Millionaire homes, no. Half million dollar homes, yes.

[lumberjack_jeff]

48. A lot. Oh, you mean *for themselves*.

Not so much.