The Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist
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The Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist
I recently read an interesting Politico article called The Boomtown That Shouldn't Exist. It's all about the town of Cape Coral, Florida, and how it was built very poorly and an incredibly bad place. I'm currently taking a course on city planning and it's interesting to see how this kind of foolish development is still going on. In my own governments (state and federal) should really be putting the hammer down when it comes to doing dumb shit like building on fault lines or in floodplains.
What are your thoughts on planned development? How does your country/area do it? Do any of you have experience living in a settlement that was poorly planned?
What are your thoughts on planned development? How does your country/area do it? Do any of you have experience living in a settlement that was poorly planned?
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fightinfrenchman wrote:I recently read an interesting Politico article called The Boomtown That Shouldn't Exist. It's all about the town of Cape Coral, Florida, and how it was built very poorly and an incredibly bad place. I'm currently taking a course on city planning and it's interesting to see how this kind of foolish development is still going on. In my own governments (state and federal) should really be putting the hammer down when it comes to doing dumb shit like building on fault lines or in floodplains.
What are your thoughts on planned development? How does your country/area do it? Do any of you have experience living in a settlement that was poorly planned?
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C) They have a death wish
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If you buy a house on a flood plain like that then you deserve what you get. When you buy a house its a big investment. Do some research. Noissance is very right.
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Here in Belgium flooding due to heavy rainfall happens as well. Mainly the government designated certain area's as "flood sensitive" and one should not build there. What I heard however, some people still build there. I guess because the land is cheap to buy. Problems later ofc...
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Or you just build a big wall to defend against all the water from Mexico. Like normal people, right?
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Unsurprisingly that town is surrounded by water. People love that type of view and the city is growing for a reason. As much of a poor placement as it is it seems to be making money so no lessons have really been learned.
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I thought you're talking about ESOC, phew...
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