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I wonder what other cases have let humanity to do the absolutely wrong choice, because it was the easiest to way forward... It makes me think about evolution.
by keyle 5y ago
I wonder what other cases have let humanity to do the absolutely wrong choice, because it was the easiest to way forward... It makes me think about evolution.
- ngokevin 5y agoMexico City built a hard way, searching for an eagle eating a snake on top of a rock. They found it on a lake bed. As a result, they built on some pretty soft sinking layers. Favorite city though, lived there last month and going to Machu Picchu again this weekend.
- dylan604 5y agoI think you're stealing credit as we've made deliberate decisions that were bad and not easy too. For example, we built New Orleans.
- Forge36 5y agoIt didn't start bad. It used to be the highest point, and it didn't flood! Unfortunately the city grew. Eventually flood mitigations were added, this made the sinking worse.
- klysm 5y agoWhich almost makes it an example for the exact opposite.
- WalterBright 5y agoThe British figured out how to build in a swamp long before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82CqjaDKmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w82CqjaDKmA
- keyle 5y agoHeh. I'm not from the US and have no idea about what you're referring to regarding New Orleans. First off, where was Old Orlean? And I take it... a sinking problem similar to Venezia?
- dylan604 5y agolet me wiki that for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans
- LukeShu 5y agoNew Orleans is a major port (coastal!) city that is largely below sea level, requiring a complex system of levees and pumps to avoid being under water.
- cassepipe 5y agoOrléans is a French city southwest of Paris.