SF is so weirdly low-rise it's bizarre. Rapidly becoming a toy city for the ultra-wealthy.https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1092453726789394437 …
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Christopher, indeed. This strikes me each time I transverse the city. The reality that hold San Francisco back is geologics, physics and cheap fill dirt. Earthquakes shaped the city a few times and it will do it again. There are no foundations deep enouto prevent the inevitable.
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Replying to @stefanvonimhof @mims
Stefan, indeed! The lesson was a hard one with Fukushima. The next time may not spare the tall buildings and the impact to the folks that live in and around them.
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There's lots of bedrock in SF. As for Fukushima, it resulted in a death toll of 4. In comparison, SF traffic fatalities average about 30 per year. We can definitely build more density in a prudent way.
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Greg, indeed. I hear ya. The thing about Fukushima is the in accounted early death by radiation. This will have a tremendous toll for eons. That will likely never go away. As for bedrock, it is based on if that bedrock is on a fault, and indeed it is. There is no debate about it.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Also, I'm not aware of any nuclear reactors in SF.
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Greg, I hear ya. You mentioned a small death toll from the Fukushima earthquake. I say it will be a countless death toll for generations. In SF the bedrock is on tectonic plates at fault lines thus there is no real bedrock in this context. This means no tall structure is “safe”.
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