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The vast amounts of land are in boring locations, like Kansas prairie, not near the beach in Miami.
by massysett 5y ago
The 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.