Tyree Johnson cherished his apartment's view of the Pacific Ocean until it began to fall into the water.
He had a back patio where he could watch sunsets over the sea for 15 years in Pacifica, a little town outside San Francisco.
Dolphin pods passed past, and hang gliders floated above.
All that beauty, however, came with a risk: the ocean below was eating away at the bluffs, which were deteriorating.
He said that it "simply started giving way" in the previous year.
It didn't happen gradually.
Around 4:30 in the morning, he was startled by a loud noise that was actually the ground giving way a few doors below.