Is the Surfside building collapse an example of pay to play local politics that ignored regulations, sloppy inspections or global warming and rising sea tables?
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I think it's a little to early to cite corruption, but certainly not out of the question, local politics are pretty much owned by developers and business interests in the US and strict regulation would cut into their profits. I suspect it was a combination of things, we'll see.