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NEW YORK -- Jersey City, New Jersey is where IBM engineer Virginia Mayo Policarpio came of age. She, her husband, and their three children live in a gated community called Society Hill, not far from where she and her parents once lived as new immigrants. LFil-Ams may not know risks of living in New Jersey coastal areas
NEW YORK -- Jersey City, New Jersey is where IBM engineer Virginia Mayo Policarpio came of age. She, her husband, and their three children live in a gated community called Society Hill, not far from where she and her parents once lived as new immigrants. Like Policarpio, Jenny Castaneda is very happy living in Jersey City. Home is a two-family residence in The Heights, an elevated district, with a garden that grows persimmons in the fall and blooms five colors of lilies in summer. She lives with her mother and her now college-age son. When informed that Jersey City is one of the coastal cities that face the risk of serious flooding from climate change, both women reacted with s...Keep on reading: Fil-Ams may not know risks of living in New Jersey coastal areas Read more