These Staten Islanders lost their neighborhood to Sandy. Here’s why they’re not taking it back.

These Staten Islanders lost their neighborhood to Sandy. Here’s why they’re not taking it back.
Usually, these kinds of changes follow a pattern. Natural disaster strikes, the government identifies vulnerable areas, and attempts to persuade residents to leave. The reverse happened here. The residents of Oakwood Beach wanted to make sure that no family would ever again have to endure what they went through.

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