In message
-septem
ber.org, at 14:28:37 on Tue, 22 May 2018, Recliner
remarked:
I'm bemused why people would live in basement flats in a flood-prone
area.

Because in the short term they can't afford anything else (even assuming
they are cogniscent of the risks).

You're assuming that those flats are cheap. I rather suspect that they're
not.

They will be cheaper than anything else the buyers might aspire to.

How did 'afford' turn into 'aspire'? Probably nearly everyone lives
somewhere cheaper than they'd aspire to, without living underground in an
area certain to flood.

The latter has more square feet, which is what they aspire to.
--
Roland Perry