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Very true. It surprised me how non-dysfunctional government interactions are here relative to the SFBA and the reputation of Florida in general. DMV appointme
by maxcan 6y ago
Very true. It surprised me how non-dysfunctional government interactions are here relative to the SFBA and the reputation of Florida in general. DMV appointments are very easy to get and you can get in and out pretty quickly. In CA, you had to camp out at the DMV at 6am to have a 50/50 chance of getting out by noon.
311 type issues in miami are handled pretty quickly, same day in some cases. In SFBA you could go months before seeing public safety issues addressed, if ever.
- teachrdan 5y agoEvery time I've had to go to the DMV in Oakland, CA, I've been able to make an appointment online and be in and out within 45 minutes. More importantly, the efficiency with which the state handles DMV appointments is not necessarily correlated with how well they will handle rising sea levels for (probably) the rest of the century. Miami already suffers from regular flooding that causes a mixture of seawater and raw sewage to flow through its streets. I don't buy that a massive public works project is going to make all these problems go away. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/08/analysis-sea-level-rise-is-combining-with-other-factors-regularly-flood-miami/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/08/analysis-s...
- bobthepanda 5y agoAlso, IIRC the issue in Miami is that the local geology is limestone, which is very porous. The water could go under the seawall and back up.