JacobGeller
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After a City is Buried
🕑 Added 2021-09-23 15:01:01 +0000 UTCA classic deep dive
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hell
to whoever is on the $7 tier with my deadname, thanks for making me double check that that wasn't me (not that i wouldn't love to support that strongly, but i'm broke.... and don't use that name lol)
Chris Henry
OK you got me. I'm signing up for Curiosity Stream
choopy
You're the best. Wow.
This reminded me of discourse on Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane disproportionately affected lower income, POC neighborhoods. I'd be interested in seeing if property values were lower due to being below/at sea level initially, and how that warped the communities primarily affected. To tie it in with the essay, those communities were rebuilt. 16 years later, I wonder who lives on that risky land.
Shot_Trip
I just keep coming back to Discworld. Ankh-Morpork, the largest city in the setting, is described as being built on itself, over and over, since it's built in marshland. Dwarves who live in the city often unearth new living spaces by plunging the basements.
Connor Swenke
What a wonderful essay and a fantastic way to start my work day. You rock, Jacob. Thanks a ton
Sid
I'm reminded of how in Beast Machines you had multiple layers of Cybertronian civilization built on top of each other in layers.
