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Re:How to Build a City That Doesn’t Flood? Turn It into a Sp... by Feniks on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @02:36PM (#15864182)
To be fair just paving over everything is a cheap and immediate solution. Lots of towns don't have the money for maintaining greenery.
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Re:How to Build a City That Doesn’t Flood? Turn It into a Sp... by hnzix on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:11PM (#15866038)
"To be fair just dumping your waste into rivers is a cheap and immediate solution. Lots of companies don't have the money for safe disposal."
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Re:How to Build a City That Doesn’t Flood? Turn It into a Sp... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:24PM (#15866110)
Generically:

To be fair just <something low cost, but high externalized cost> is a cheap and immediate solution. Lots of companies don't have the money for <high cost, low externalized cost>

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Re:How to Build a City That Doesn’t Flood? Turn It into a Sp... by hnzix on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @09:02PM (#15867006)
Where high externalized cost is a long-term negative impact on a community, which ranges from undesirable to unethical depending on context.

"Kicking the can down the road" should be called out and minimized. The HN hivemind usually frowns on regulations, but I don't see another practical solution for protecting the community from environmental hazards?

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