2cm a month is actually crazy. I knew the city was sinking but seeing it mapped out like that by nasa is something else. Building a massive metro area on an old lakebed was always gonna be risky but that rate of subsidence is just terrifying to think about for the long term. Really hope they figure out the groundwater situation soon because this looks like a slow motion disaster.
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Puzzle-Necked on
Montezuma’s Revenge
Front_Promise_5991 on
Tenochtitlan was built on the island.
So they just expanded and built all modern Mexico on that lake.
Interesting.
herpderpby on
Mexico City real estate in shambles?
RigelXVI on
2cm a month, title of my sex tape
cyberianscribe on
The Mexican obesity crisis has simply gone too far.
picklepaller on
2.54 cm =1 in one inch.
If the article is correct, parts of the city are sinking (2.0/2.54)*12 =9.449 inches per year. In ten years this is (9.449/12)*10=7.874 feet.
Seems hard to believe, but maybe. .
yamanagashi on
“You know Quetzalli, basing where we’d make a city on some kinky bird on snake vore seems like a poor choice. I mean, we’re literally sinking as we speak”
“That’s blasphemy Xóchitl, and you know it! I wouldn’t be named after some magic feathers that attracted us to this blessed place if it was not providence”
“… yeah about that, old chap…”
Ready-Pressure9934 on
see Jakarta, Bangkok….
Oilpaintcha on
Are we sure that volcano is dormant?
SkellyboneZ on
I’m going to show this to my GF, then she’ll understand that 2cm is a big deal.
seguinev on
Until buildings start falling down into the streets on a catastrophic level, people will continue to not care. Its one of these too big to deal with problems for any single individual so its easy mentally to brush off because the only alternative is moving your entire life.
Maxpowerxp on
That’s like 9 inches a year!
OddS0cks on
Not to mention they’re almost always out of water due to their lapse in infrastructure repairs
Interesting-Dare-294 on
At this rate Mexico City becomes La Brea in a thousand years
VladamirK on
Isn’t it one of the most populated cities in the world? That sounds like a major problem.
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2cm a month is actually crazy. I knew the city was sinking but seeing it mapped out like that by nasa is something else. Building a massive metro area on an old lakebed was always gonna be risky but that rate of subsidence is just terrifying to think about for the long term. Really hope they figure out the groundwater situation soon because this looks like a slow motion disaster.
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Montezuma’s Revenge
Tenochtitlan was built on the island.
So they just expanded and built all modern Mexico on that lake.
Interesting.
Mexico City real estate in shambles?
2cm a month, title of my sex tape
The Mexican obesity crisis has simply gone too far.
2.54 cm =1 in one inch.
If the article is correct, parts of the city are sinking (2.0/2.54)*12 =9.449 inches per year. In ten years this is (9.449/12)*10=7.874 feet.
Seems hard to believe, but maybe. .
“You know Quetzalli, basing where we’d make a city on some kinky bird on snake vore seems like a poor choice. I mean, we’re literally sinking as we speak”
“That’s blasphemy Xóchitl, and you know it! I wouldn’t be named after some magic feathers that attracted us to this blessed place if it was not providence”
“… yeah about that, old chap…”
see Jakarta, Bangkok….
Are we sure that volcano is dormant?
I’m going to show this to my GF, then she’ll understand that 2cm is a big deal.
Until buildings start falling down into the streets on a catastrophic level, people will continue to not care. Its one of these too big to deal with problems for any single individual so its easy mentally to brush off because the only alternative is moving your entire life.
That’s like 9 inches a year!
Not to mention they’re almost always out of water due to their lapse in infrastructure repairs
At this rate Mexico City becomes La Brea in a thousand years
Isn’t it one of the most populated cities in the world? That sounds like a major problem.