I learned yesterday NYCs skyline is a function of its geography. Didn't realize that!
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I am feeling significant whiplash

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In moments like that, I try to remind myself of what
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I could imagine that effect being sufficient to kick off agglomeration effects in a particular spot, resulting in a lumpy skyline. Once just a few people have responded to the price gradient, others decide to pitch tent there too because there are more folks around.
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That's fair but the way this explanation is thrown about implies that it wasn't possible to build skyscrapers on loose sediment, only bedrock, which isn't/wasn't true then. It's more consequences of initial conditions and economics than geology.
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I wonder what the relationship is like in London? Supposedly Canary Wharf is easier to build on than the rest of London's notorious clay soil. Never seen data for this, though
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