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Decently sized chunks of SF used to be water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco
by jacobolus 7y ago
Decently sized chunks of SF used to be water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Bay,_San_Francisco
Edit: elsewhere in the thread there’s a nice link to a map from the US coast survey, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/1858_U.S._Coast_Survey_Chart_or_Map_of_San_Francisco%2C_Califorina_-_Geographicus_-_SanFrancisco-uscs-1859.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/1858_U.S...
- brodie 7y agoMarshland and lagoons sounds a bit different than ocean, though. Would they not be easier to drain and contain? Or are you saying this past makes it more susceptible to bay/ocean encroachment in the future? I'm no civil engineer so this is totally out of my realm of knowledge. Also, I guess I'm lucky to live on one of the highest points in the city.