Millionaire's Sinking Skyscraper Condos Almost Worthless :(

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http://www.businessinsider.com/is-millennium-tower-safe-still-leaning-sinking-2017-9

Bad news keeps piling up at the "leaning tower" of San Francisco.

Millennium Tower is a luxury residential high-rise that has sunk 17 inches and tilted 14 inches since it was completed in 2008. Though an inspection by the city showed it's safe to occupy, the building's wealthy residents take no solace. The value of their multimillion-dollar condos has tumbled $320,000 on average.

I guess insurance can't cover this, eh?
 
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I believe they are working on a solution...

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If the engineers declared it is still safe, and wealthy people refuse to live there, maybe they should let in homeless people so they can use it.