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Doesn't the earthquake risk significantly curb LA's ability to build up as much as NYC? I think there are probably certain density limiting factors like this.
by bkmartin 9y ago
Doesn't the earthquake risk significantly curb LA's ability to build up as much as NYC? I think there are probably certain density limiting factors like this. Which just means that they need to adapt to what that means in terms of sprawl and moving people around.
- ecshafer 9y agoVery tall buildings can actually be safer than shorter buildings, because they are all made of steel, and can have a lot of anti earthquake support built in. Also as a short proof, Japan and Taiwan are also directly on top of a fault line. Taipei and Tokyo have some of the tallest buildings in the world. The tech is there.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoDTLA has plenty of skyscrapers. Tokyo is bigger than LA and NYC put together.