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

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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