4 ms·
Where is the right place to build? Drought seems no more problematic than the wildfires, flooding, etc other areas have to deal with. In fact it's something we
by bagacrap 3y ago
Where is the right place to build? Drought seems no more problematic than the wildfires, flooding, etc other areas have to deal with. In fact it's something we can probably engineer our way out of (by conserving more and building dams and so forth) whereas hurricanes are totally unavoidable if you build in Florida or Houston.
Also it obviously wasn't one person who decided to build a massive city. Lots of people are moving there because they like whatever trade offs the area offers.
- NickC25 3y agoThe right place to build is where there's plenty of resources one needs to sustain life at any scale. Water being one of those resources.
- voakbasda 3y agoSo, nowhere. There are no longer plentiful resources anywhere. We have entered an age of scarcity. Increasing constrictions seem to be inevitable, which people cannot grasp having seen unmitigated expansion for countless decades. Some of that scarcity is artificially induced, but that does not change the fact that land, water, and other resources are becoming exponentially more expensive to obtain.
- thehappypm 3y agoSo, in the US, most places east of the Mississippi and north of the hurricane alley. Funny how that is the most densely populated corridor.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- oceanplexian 3y agoDubai is one of the most successful cities in the world. Money and technology can solve a lot of problems.
- NickC25 3y agoBeing on the water can help too. Dubai might be in a desert, but a desert with direct sea (and ocean) access. Arizona, PHX in particular, has no such resource.
- oceanplexian 3y agoThe water issue can be permanently solved with a desalination plant and a canal to the Sea of Cortez, similar projects have been done all over the Middle East. I think AZ actually has really bright prospects both figuratively and literally.