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World class means it attracts people from around the world. It's 40 minutes from San Juan, which is on a relatively small island on the ocean. And hurricanes
by lupire 4y ago
World class means it attracts people from around the world.
It's 40 minutes from San Juan, which is on a relatively small island on the ocean.
And hurricanes have a habit of hitting there.
PR deserves great local institutions, but it is less accessible than most places that have much larger nearby population.
- shkkmo 4y agoPuerto Rico is a fairly large (top 100 largest) island with international airports. It is larger than many other islands that have observatories. Areceibo already WAS a world class telescope and was closer to an international airport than many other observatories. The only valid point you've made is about hurricanes and earthquakes. However I haven't seen any discussion as to how those effect contruction costs at that site vs others.