One of the causes of the RE tank on Foriduh in 2008 was that Floriduh's population was decreasing. The old geezers from up north were dying off. But, the new crop of replacement geezers from up north weren't coming, because their 401(k)'s tanked and because they couldn't sell their houses up north. There were more housing units than people to live in them.

There are a bunch of high-rise, gulf front condo's in Bubbaville Beach. When the meltdown hit, they continued construction on the new ones just enough to make them weathertight. The interiors were hollow, and they stayed that way for years.