Someone remind me: which work of dystopian science fiction are we living in this week, again?
I don't think NIMBY capture and restrictive zoning regulations are popular distopian SciFi tropes.
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#13non american here with a stupid question: why doesnt san fransisco build vertically? like 50 storey buildings
Because while generations have passed since 1906, building codes have not forgot the fate of most of San Francisco's buildings, and the fault lines that most all Californians deal with.
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#14non american here with a stupid question: why doesnt san fransisco build vertically? like 50 storey buildings
Earthquakes. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1868calif/vir....
There's even a movie starring the Rock about it. (San Andreas)
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#15non american here with a stupid question: why doesnt san fransisco build vertically? like 50 storey buildings
The reveal that the pods building is only 2 stories is pretty funny to me. 12 Mint Plaza btw for anyone who wants to poke around the area in street-view. It's right next to an 8 story apartment building, across the block from what must be a 20+ one, so it's not like tall buildings are infeasible there.
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#16Someone remind me: which work of dystopian science fiction are we living in this week, again?
Bladerunner is our future.
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#17non american here with a stupid question: why doesnt san fransisco build vertically? like 50 storey buildings
Because we mustn't disturb the unique character of the box-like 2-storey homes stretching off into the Sunset district (and served by 2 different light rail lines, no less).
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#18non american here with a stupid question: why doesnt san fransisco build vertically? like 50 storey buildings
Earthquakes. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1868calif/vir... . There's even a movie starring the Rock about it. (San Andreas)
how come japan has crazy tall buildings despite getting an earthquake few times every year?
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#19non american here with a stupid question: why doesnt san fransisco build vertically? like 50 storey buildings
Earthquakes. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1868calif/vir... . There's even a movie starring the Rock about it. (San Andreas)
SF has tall buildings downtown, so that can't be it. A better question is, why are they only downtown and not so much west of there.
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#20I rent in my country (first world) for 1000ish. I get a 60 sqmt home with garden And two rooms.
It saddens me that the usa startup culture gave us this.