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wtg
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posted 19 May 2023 12:25 PM
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New York City May Be Sinking Under the Weight of Its Skyscrapers

A scientific journal suggests that the city’s 1.68 trillion pounds of buildings are causing the city to descend, in some neighborhoods faster than others


https://www.architecturaldiges...placement=newsletter


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posted 19 May 2023 04:00 PMHide Post
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New York City May Be Sinking Under the Weight of Its Skyscrapers


Eeker

that's cray-cray!


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posted 19 May 2023 08:58 PMHide Post
If true, this must have been happening for decades. Did someone just decide to take a guess on the weight of all those buildings and go all alarmist?


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posted 19 May 2023 09:07 PMHide Post
The paper is kind of interesting.

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary....10.1029/2022EF003465


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posted 19 May 2023 10:24 PMHide Post
Just build higher.


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