Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to traingang@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoThe "city" of Houstonhexbear.netimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up163arrow-down1imageThe "city" of Houstonhexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to traingang@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretrash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 year 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
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI don’t follow. Lots of good cities are built on swamps.
minus-squaretrash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoPart of the reason Houston resembles a bug splattered on the windshield of a car is because it is in a swamp.
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 year 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
minus-squareMagiccupcake@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoFor what its worth, DC was also built on a swamp.
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minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoHouston has some of the most god awful weather in the country, if it makes you feel better
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThe absolute worst. Glad i don’t live there anymore
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