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In response to "NYC is sinking 1-2 mm a year on average due to the weight of its buildings -- (link)" by znufrii 🦄

It's not really the problem that people seem to think it is. The majority of our building are on very stable and solid schist.

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) May 19 '23, 08:46

And where water will rise is going to rise no matter what buildings are there. Battery Park won't be around forever but most of the city is a good bit above sea level. Flooding will be a problem in some areas but we won't disappear under the water.

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Not that it’s a problem, in and of itself, but it’s fascinating that we can isolate the anthropogenic impact from other geological and climate forces. - znufrii 🦄 May 19, 08:57 3
- That's interesting but the articles are trying to make it sound like disaster is coming when it's not. -- nm - Krusty May 19, 09:29 2
  - Yes, the Guardian does tend to play up any tenuous connection of that sort, I’ll admit. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 19, 09:40
  - ~it's the end of the world as we know it~ -- nm - Strongbad May 19, 09:32
That's like a whole foot in around 150 years Krusty!! -- nm - decline May 19, 08:49
You really know your schist. -- nm - loosilu May 19, 08:46

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It's not really the problem that people seem to think it is. The majority of our building are on very stable and solid schist.

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