America’s Havana: Thousands Say “Ciao” to San Francisco

Re:America’s Havana: Thousands Say “Ciao” to San Francisco by qppo on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:47PM (#23161551)

I kind of want to write a dystopian novel where to solve the housing crisis, the state of California contracts private businesses to build out rapid transit underground. But instead of paying them any money, the excess earth is dumped into the Bay and the tunnelers are granted land rights to anything above water. The Bay is only 12 feet deep anyway.

An ecological disaster resulting in the construction of a neo-feudal society in the new county of Rancho Musk. Everything between the Bay bridge and San Jose, suburban sprawl.

Hey kid, did ya know Treasure Island used to be an Island?

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Re:America’s Havana: Thousands Say “Ciao” to San Francisco by RhysU on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @08:36PM (#23162005)

I have a silly fictional notion that California's way forward will at some time require being annexed by Oregon so that they can wipe away oodles of historical legislative choices in one swoop. Followed quickly by a "civil war" in which "South Oregon" secedes.

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