Two things about super tall, thin buildings I don't like.
1) The sway slightly in strong winds. That un-nerves me to no end.
2) What if the elevator fails?
What if there's a fire below you?
Two things about super tall, thin buildings I don't like.
1) The sway slightly in strong winds. That un-nerves me to no end.
2) What if the elevator fails?
Different kind of slicker here, I am a lifelong Los Angeles resident with the exception of a few years in San Fransisco. Maybe I watch too much Youtube but the Bigfoot, Dogmen, Little People of the woods, and missing 411's make me want to stay out of the wilderness.
That would be a concern for any building, not just super tall ones.What if there's a fire below you?
Having my daughter as a guide was crucial to get me going. It helped me get into the groove/mindset of NYC, quickly. I was starting to feel like a local and completely at ease. Go visit!@onepixel Well stated, sir. I would LOVE to visit the Big Apple, but I sure as hell would need a guide. Also, probably a gigantic Tommy Chong-approved apparatus to assist.
For @SoCal Sam here's something from 2016 that drives the point home. 14% of all people who have EVER lived, live now.
The animated signboards and multiculturalism are reality, the rest tbd.Recently an older friend of mine was lamenting about having to get a reservation for sun rise access to Haleakalā National Park. It's become quite popular thing and it's very crowded on top. He was saying that Maui should also have some kind of reservation system to reduce the impact of nearly 200,000+ visitors a month to the island. Maui's population is around 160,000.
I told him the population of Maui has grown over 30% in the last 10 years. In the same time period, global population has increased by nearly 1,000,000,000 people.
The original Blade Runner was set in L.A. in 2019. Scary to think about.
Recently an older friend of mine was lamenting about having to get a reservation for sun rise access to Haleakalā National Park. It's become quite popular thing and it's very crowded on top. He was saying that Maui should also have some kind of reservation system to reduce the impact of nearly 200,000+ visitors a month to the island. Maui's population is around 160,000.
I told him the population of Maui has grown over 30% in the last 10 years. In the same time period, global population has increased by nearly 1,000,000,000 people.
The original Blade Runner was set in L.A. in 2019. Scary to think about.
I call that one the “middle finger” building—it dominates the sky in the window in our hallway. Mostly owned by transnational oligarchs parking their profits, and largely still empty. More are coming—welcome to modern New York City...
That's a lack of oxygen from lots of pollution and too many people exhaling.There is in fact a buzz to NY that's hard to qualify.
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That's funny.That's a lack of oxygen from lots of pollution and too many people exhaling.
At least it's not California where they have a problem with cow farts.That's a lack of oxygen from lots of pollution and too many people exhaling.
Not for me.
It is.That looks remarkably like Times Square
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