Posadas [he/him, they/them] to urbanism • 8 months agoThe "city" of Houstonimagemessage-square22 fedilinkarrow-up162file-text
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minus-squaretrash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comhexbear12·edit-28 months agoThat's what happens when you build a city in a swamp. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skyline_of_the_Texas_Medical_Center_-_Houston,TX-_December_2019.jpg linkfedilink
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, they/them]hexbear10·8 months agoI don't follow. Lots of good cities are built on swamps. link
minus-squaretrash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comhexbear10·8 months agoPart of the reason Houston resembles a bug splattered on the windshield of a car is because it is in a swamp. linkfedilink
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, they/them]hexbear14·edit-28 months agoMaybe like 5% of the reason. The main reason is because of motorist urban design. Otherwise Chicago, Berlin, Moscow, etc. etc. would be the same link
minus-squareMagiccupcake@startrek.websitehexbear9·8 months agoFor what its worth, DC was also built on a swamp. linkfedilink
minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]hexbear7·8 months agoHouston has some of the most god awful weather in the country, if it makes you feel better link
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear4·8 months agoThe absolute worst. Glad i don't live there anymore link
That's what happens when you build a city in a swamp.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skyline_of_the_Texas_Medical_Center_-_Houston,TX-_December_2019.jpg
I don't follow. Lots of good cities are built on swamps.
Part of the reason Houston resembles a bug splattered on the windshield of a car is because it is in a swamp.
Maybe like 5% of the reason. The main reason is because of motorist urban design. Otherwise Chicago, Berlin, Moscow, etc. etc. would be the same
For what its worth, DC was also built on a swamp.
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Houston has some of the most god awful weather in the country, if it makes you feel better
The absolute worst. Glad i don't live there anymore