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I don't know anything about Florida. Why would developers choose to build suburbs with ponds in areas like that?

lotsofpulp 7y ago
They are retention ponds, it’s necessary to create areas where water can drain into.
newnewpdro 7y ago
A large part of Florida is the combination of coastal and at sea level. People want to live there, so they actively and continuously drain the swamp and build wherever possible. Sea level rise is posing some expensive problems for them, obviously.
wtvanhest 7y ago
They dig the pond and use the dirt as fill to build houses on at a higher level than sea level.
stetrain 7y ago
1) dig pond for drainage, retention, and fill dirt 2) use fill dirt to raise land for houses so they are above flood levels 3) sell houses with "waterfront views"
- tomatotomato37 7y ago
  On 3, this leads to this "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida" hilarious suburban development, complete with inaccessible canals
  - swamp40 7y ago
    That place is beautiful.
  - jacobush 7y ago
    Empty page
  - dhosek 7y ago
    Corrected link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida
gruez 7y ago
imagine the smell and mosquitoes
- driverdan 7y ago
  Most ponds don't smell.
  - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
    Does the water drain, evaporate, or just stagnate?
- partialrecall 7y ago
  Don't worry, the heat and humidity will distract you from both.
DoreenMichele 7y ago
Florida has unusual issues. The groundwater isn't very far below the surface and you basically can't have basements there. Some parts of it are swamp and it has a lot of karst that is prone to sink holes. (Off the top of my head -- so anyone more knowledge, feel free to nitpick that to death. Alternately, anyone desperate to pick a fight and not knowledgeable enough, feel free to google my remark to within an inch of its life.)

They are retention ponds, it’s necessary to create areas where water can drain into.

A large part of Florida is the combination of coastal and at sea level. People want to live there, so they actively and continuously drain the swamp and build wherever possible. Sea level rise is posing some expensive problems for them, obviously.

wtvanhest 7y ago

They dig the pond and use the dirt as fill to build houses on at a higher level than sea level.

stetrain 7y ago

1) dig pond for drainage, retention, and fill dirt 2) use fill dirt to raise land for houses so they are above flood levels 3) sell houses with "waterfront views"

tomatotomato37 7y ago
On 3, this leads to this "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida" hilarious suburban development, complete with inaccessible canals
- swamp40 7y ago
  That place is beautiful.
- jacobush 7y ago
  Empty page
- dhosek 7y ago
  Corrected link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotonda_West,_Florida

gruez 7y ago

imagine the smell and mosquitoes

driverdan 7y ago
Most ponds don't smell.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  Does the water drain, evaporate, or just stagnate?
partialrecall 7y ago
Don't worry, the heat and humidity will distract you from both.

DoreenMichele 7y ago

Florida has unusual issues. The groundwater isn't very far below the surface and you basically can't have basements there. Some parts of it are swamp and it has a lot of karst that is prone to sink holes. (Off the top of my head -- so anyone more knowledge, feel free to nitpick that to death. Alternately, anyone desperate to pick a fight and not knowledgeable enough, feel free to google my remark to within an inch of its life.)