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No. It is the good weather capital of the country. Mild winters, mild summers. Not too much rain. No serious threat from tornadoes or hurricanes. That’s a v
by skyyler 2y ago
No. It is the good weather capital of the country.
Mild winters, mild summers.
Not too much rain.
No serious threat from tornadoes or hurricanes.
That’s a very big draw and it wouldn’t go away by making more dense housing, even if the rest of the peninsula was developed like Manhattan.
- twolf910616 2y agoYeah...it's so close to other beautiful nature. not to mention two world class university near by.
- yieldcrv 2y agoAnd it should be, given that they built the CBD on landfill which has the specific instructions of “do not shake”, since a seemingly solid foundation turns to liquid during an earthquake The buildings should go somewhere else, on bedrock
- swayvil 2y agoMy first thought, sitting by the bay : Beautiful. Perfect. Now they just need to get rid of all these damn people.
- xipho 2y agoAnd it lives on a series of incredibly active fault lines. During my undergrad I had multiple geology profs adamantly mention that when not if aspect of this, and on time-scales of 100s of years, not 1000s. YRMV.
- xvedejas 2y agoMy friends in the geological sciences have told me there will be a big earthquake, but it will be capped at around magnitude 8.0; the faults here are not capable of a 9.0. Buildings in SF have been constructed or retrofit for modern earthquake safety by law.
- 20after4 2y agoAn 8.0 would still cause massive devastation. Even if structures mostly survive there is the threat of fire and tsunami. This antenna tower looks like it is likely to survive though.
- skyyler 2y agoA lot of people would take earthquakes over hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, hail, 120f summers, -20f winters, and more.