Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in Houston Suburbs

Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by taeric on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:47PM (#33169657)

The assertion seems to be that it is not going to end well. If it really is unsustainable sprawl with poorly put together civic functions, why do we expect it to go on forever?

That is, sure, houses are cheap for now. But that doesn't mean you will have a place worth living in, given time.

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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by Tempest1981 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:11PM (#33169912)

> unsustainable sprawl

13 million people living in the Los Angeles basin seem to disagree.

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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by woodruffw on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:22PM (#33170021)

I’m not one of them, but Los Angeles doesn’t really scream “sustainable” to me. Is it really a counterexample to what the GP is saying?

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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by taeric on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:51PM (#33171303)

The basin has house prices much lower than the bay area. Still higher than Houston, but I'm not sure where that fits in this discussion. Did I mix up threads?

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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by Tempest1981 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:41AM (#33174014)

If Houston is unsustainable, then LA must be far beyond unsustainable... yet it continues to sprawl with no end in sight.

So the ability to sustain/tolerate sprawl seems far higher than we expect.

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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by taeric on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @09:37AM (#33176776)

Is it established that the basin has less regulation then normal, as well? Or on par with Houston?

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