I *think* a lot of the new multifamily buildings built in the red zone have foundations set in bedrock beneath the reclaimed/liquification layer, but not all
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when i moved here 7y ago i googled the liquefaction maps and rented a place on bedrock. everyone thought i was crazy, but i don't trust this city's ability to build anything.
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This reminds me of convos with
@theleila when she was taking a Bay area geology class at Stanford
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Yes and the building stock is older. Portland will be an unimaginable human catastrophe when the Cascades Subduction fault goes, especially if it’s a southern zone one.
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worth it to avoid unwanted shadows though
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they have pretty smart engineers that sign off on those billion dollar investments
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Or at least build the skyscraper with anchors that go deep enough to go into the bedrock below when you build it, not years later after it’s sunk & will cost more to fix!!
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This is zoning & neighbor empowerment. The best land is built on first with low density, then protected. Only least desirable land is open to later dense building
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Nonsense. First settlement downtown - west side was sand dunes until 1940s!
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