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A New State of Mind
My hometown is sinking, and with it America
Eighty years from now, my hometown will be swallowed by the ocean. Hot, white sand and elegant, drooping oak trees decimated by the incoming tide. My three-bedroom, FEMA-manufactured home, which has lasted decades longer than it was meant to, will …