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>>> NYC real estate is arguably one of the safest bets in the modern era. Respectfully disagree. All it will take is 1 dirty bomb going off in manhattan to mak

>>> NYC real estate is arguably one of the safest bets in the modern era. Respectfully disagree. All it will take is 1 dirty bomb going off in manhattan to make parts of the city unhabitable or unsafe. If and when that happens, it will be pandemic-level exodus. NIMBY and all that

oblio 5y ago
Random cataclysms are not something you factor in to normal decision making. So, yes, Google's decision is a safe bet. There are leaps of logic and then there are Olympic somersaults.
- im3w1l 5y ago
  A dirty bomb is not the same as a nuclear bomb. It takes a nation state to build a proper nuke, but some random terrorists could cobble together a dirty bomb.
  - oblio 5y ago
    Regardless, nobody plans around for it. It doesn't make any sense.
hmillison 5y ago
Considering NYC recovered economically from 9/11, which made parts of the city uninhabitable. I don't see this being as big of a concern, though it would be tragic if something like this happened.