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Re:The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild by oatmeal1 on Friday March 20, 2026 @06:49PM (#47461809)
The grand projects the US has embarked on have been completed using unethical means and without regard for real environmental consequences.
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Re:The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild by stringfood on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:06PM (#47462002)
also they were completed during a time of much less housing density and eminent domain laws were more powerful - even getting a railroad setup nowadays costs billions because of land purchasing
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