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What's the point of reclaiming land in a country that has vast amounts of land to be used, like the US? I can understand why Singapore does it.
by sonicggg 5y ago
What's the point of reclaiming land in a country that has vast amounts of land to be used, like the US? I can understand why Singapore does it.
- massysett 5y agoThe vast amounts of land are in boring locations, like Kansas prairie, not near the beach in Miami.
- rsj_hn 5y agoA good chunk of San Francisco -- and the entire SF Bay area -- is landfill used to expand the size of the city. When they built the metro subway going under market street they discovered a shipwreck and bulldozed through it. There's also a bar - The Old Ship Saloon - built inside a shipwreck https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-ship-saloon-san-francisco-california https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-ship-saloon-san-... All of Mission Bay and the Marina used to be underwater: https://www.smallcarbigtimetours.com/san-franciscos-original-shoreline/ https://www.smallcarbigtimetours.com/san-franciscos-original...
- ghaff 5y agoMuch of Boston is also land fill. The original part of central Boston (basically Beacon Hill and the North End) was all but an island only connected to other land by a thin isthmus.
- cardiffspaceman 5y agoLocation. It's no different from Singapore. The people accomodated by any reclaimed land of Singapore could always go somewhere else.
- ska 5y agoAll land is not of equal value. Coastal land near ports and rivers, is particularly rare.