An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021)

Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by dvtrn on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:17PM (#31241039)

Boston as well, iirc. And parts of Chicago (a city that was built ontop of an actual swamp)

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Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by robonerd on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:25PM (#31241152)

Related; In mid 19th century, Entire neighborhoods of Chicago were lifted up on jackscrews to raise the street above the swamp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago

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Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by solveit on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:09PM (#31241651)

We were able to lift entire neighbourhoods in the 19th century but now we can't even build houses...

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Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by WesternEdge on Monday May 02, 2022 @08:17PM (#31242790)

Coastal commission's head would explode if we tried to lift a neighborhood.

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Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by thaumasiotes on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:36PM (#31241980)

We can still build them now. It's a question of whether we're allowed.

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Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by et2o on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @02:08AM (#31245219)

I think that’s exactly what OP meant

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Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by dvtrn on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:33PM (#31241229)

Yep! I love my city for a lot of reasons but stuff like this are some of my favorite bits of Chicagoland trivia.

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