https://www.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/pyavv4/evergrandes_handiwork/

Some cool people in the comments, and some unironic murican suburbs apologists :stalin-gun-1: :dna:

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    But the pyramid next to el Zocalo was the most important place and it wasn't high ground, every few decades they had to re-coat the sunking pyramid into a new pyramid. It has like seven layers and the inner most is almost at a 90 ° angle cuz it sunked sideways

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      3 years ago

      They weren't perfect, and it's definitely arguable that it had sprawled larger than what made sense for islands in a lake. It's all still categorically better than draining the wetland to then build conventionally on.