Paris, New York, and Hong Kong are all in very low earthquake risk areas though. I imagine people were sensitive in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake dest

Paris, New York, and Hong Kong are all in very low earthquake risk areas though. I imagine people were sensitive in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake destroyed most of the city. That said, Tokyo shows how it can be done, but to replicate Tokyo in San Francisco would require tearing down and rebuilding a lot of existing housing stock which would temporarily make things even worse.