Billionaires living on an exclusive island near Miami are at the center of a heated debate over sewage disposal. With no system in place, they’ve proposed sending their waste to a nearby town, but the deal comes with a hefty price tag.

Original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/indian-creek-surfside-billionaire-sewage.html

Without the paywall: https://archive.li/HrE38

Alternative: https://gizmodo.com/billionaire-island-where-bezos-lives-lobbies-state-gov-to-flush-its-poop-down-neighbor-towns-pipes-2000615795

Note

While the news is concerning, it seems Daily Galaxy had all the hallmarks of a content mill aping more legit sources. I had no idea because I follow a lot of RSS feeds and this had been sitting there for a while now. I choose it for the science stuff. Sorry. I honestly wasn’t aware.

  • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 day ago

    I loved going to this Island and killing people in GTA Vice City. I hope GTA 6 includes it.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
      5·
      24 hours ago

      I don’t know Florida all that well at all, so from the leaks I can’t really tell because I don’t actually know where we’re talking about but apparently it’s an extremely detailed map so it may be included.

      • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        15 hours ago

        Probably not this one specifically because there’s several rich Epsteinite islands in the bay.

        But that house on the lower left looks EXACTLY like Diaz’s mansion.