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> In fact, look at an old map of almost any city near a large body of water and compare it to today and you'll find a lot more land being used. At a great envi
by jjav 5y ago
> In fact, look at an old map of almost any city near a large body of water and compare it to today and you'll find a lot more land being used.
At a great environmental cost. Thankfully society is a bit more careful about environment destruction than in the days where all garbage was dumped on the shoreline to create landfill and build on it.
https://estuarypress.com/hrma-photo-post/filling-the-san-francisco-bay/ https://estuarypress.com/hrma-photo-post/filling-the-san-fra...
https://priceonomics.com/what-parts-of-san-francisco-are-built-on-land-fill/ https://priceonomics.com/what-parts-of-san-francisco-are-bui...