Although I will say that lots of people talked smack about people should not live in flood zones and areas prone to natural disasters post Katrina. It took hurricanes and blizzards in New York for people to start realizing that natural disasters and floods can happen most places.
My husband and I bring that up a lot. "People should not live in a bowl". "Hmmm, hope you don't live on the side of a hill in an earthquake zone, Karen."