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(Jacksonville.com)   Meanwhile, in Florida...what could possibly go wrong with building a new 97-home neighborhood inside of a known flood zone? Jacksonville may soon find out   (jacksonville.com) divider line
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2932 clicks; posted to Main » on 26 Jan 2023 at 10:46 PM (9 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Boudyro [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 9:53:33 PM  
Oh look, elected officials selling out the best interests of their constituents to the rich and powerful for a pittance in Florida.

Must be a day that ends in "y".
 
Theeng
2023-01-26 10:49:32 PM  

Boudyro: Oh look, elected officials selling out the best interests of their constituents to the rich and powerful for a pittance in Florida.

Must be a day that ends in "y".


You could cut out the in Florida part and it'd be true.
 
wedelw
2023-01-26 10:52:13 PM  
Sinkhole ?
 
New Rising Sun
2023-01-26 10:52:46 PM  
"I get that the neighbors are upset," council member Rory Diamond said before last week's vote. "You're about to have dozens and dozens of new neighbors up there. ...The good news for anyone who's mad about the development is you're about to get a bunch more people to help you oppose any other development up there. They will jump onboard."

Wow.
 
Archie Goodwin
2023-01-26 10:53:18 PM  
But an influential attorney the owners hired to shepherd the plan through City Hall

No more money in monorails I guess.
 
Rapmaster2000
2023-01-26 10:53:35 PM  
Why does Jacksonville need any more sprawl?  It's the largest city in the country by land area.   It's 2 and a half times bigger than NYC.

Build up, stupid.
 
MBooda [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 10:55:36 PM  
Excuse me, do you have time to talk about our lord and savior Tyrannosaurus Rex?
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Theeng
2023-01-26 10:56:53 PM  

Rapmaster2000: Why does Jacksonville need any more sprawl?  It's the largest city in the country by land area.   It's 2 and a half times bigger than NYC.

Build up, stupid.


True, but after that recent condo catastrophe would you trust Floridian high rises?
 
Floki [TotalFark]
2023-01-26 10:59:35 PM  

Rapmaster2000: Why does Jacksonville need any more sprawl?  It's the largest city in the country by land area.   It's 2 and a half times bigger than NYC.

Build up, stupid.


You would think that in a flat state such as Florida, building upwards to obtain long and wide scenic views would be a major selling point.
 
WTP 2
2023-01-26 11:05:28 PM  
build them out of cement that floats !!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvMkzzf1c9A
 
foo monkey
2023-01-26 11:10:40 PM  
But it's one of those once-every-100-years flood plains. I mean, how often does that happen?
 
HotIgneous Intruder
2023-01-26 11:12:47 PM  
There's something in the water down there.
 
10Speed
2023-01-26 11:13:48 PM  
Jacksonville's full of racist dirtbags. Let 'em drown; the gators will feast on their corpses and die of toxicity, so then you get rid of two problems.
 
JAYoung [BareFark]
2023-01-26 11:17:28 PM  
Make Florida a Pestilence-Filled Swamp Again!
(Will that fir on a red hat?)
 
common sense is an oxymoron [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-26 11:21:18 PM  

New Rising Sun: "I get that the neighbors are upset," council member Rory Diamond said before last week's vote. "You're about to have dozens and dozens of new neighbors up there. ...The good news for anyone who's mad about the development is you're about to get a bunch more people to help you oppose any other development up there. They will jump onboard."

Wow.


Christ, what an asshole. May the new neighbors all be from California.
 
WTP 2
2023-01-26 11:36:50 PM  

JAYoung: Make Florida a Pestilence-Filled Swamp Again!
(Will that fir on a red hat?)


would you like to buy a consonant ?
 
khatores
2023-01-26 11:47:41 PM  

Floki: Rapmaster2000: Why does Jacksonville need any more sprawl?  It's the largest city in the country by land area.   It's 2 and a half times bigger than NYC.

Build up, stupid.

You would think that in a flat state such as Florida, building upwards to obtain long and wide scenic views would be a major selling point.


You know what's a major selling point in Jacksonville? Having somewhere to park your lifted, underlit F-350 crew cab coal roller with mud tires.

Downtown is actually getting a lot of new apartments and condos which is incredibly surprising (mostly from transplants). However that will all be permanently underwater in a few decades, and occasionally so long before that.
 
cefm
2023-01-26 11:48:51 PM  
So pretty much the same as the entire city of St Louis?
 
Kumana Wanalaia
2023-01-27 12:14:33 AM  

MBooda: Excuse me, do you have time to talk about our lord and savior Tyrannosaurus Rex?
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Go back to the cretacious with that mess. This is a Crab People house!
 
nytmare
2023-01-27 1:00:06 AM  

cefm: So pretty much the same as the entire city of St Louis?


But with nowhere to drive your Chevy.
 
SomeFarkinFarmgirl
2023-01-27 2:36:26 AM  
If the new development really isn't going to cause any run-off issues that would flood out the neighbors, then why won't the developers offer to put in writing that they would cover any damages from such supposedly impossible run-off?

/obviously because there's a likely chance of flooding from run-off
 
Permanent Solutions For Permanent Problems
2023-01-27 8:00:50 AM  

Rapmaster2000: Why does Jacksonville need any more sprawl?  It's the largest city in the country by land area.   It's 2 and a half times bigger than NYC.

Build up, stupid.


Skyscrapers and condominium rowers are an abomination.
 
hegelsghost
2023-01-27 8:06:04 AM  
Soon all of Florida will be a flood zone.
 
houginator
2023-01-27 9:35:22 AM  
If someone wants to live in a flood zone, let them.  But stop asking the rest of us to subsidize their flood insurance.
 
ajgeek [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 10:20:18 AM  

houginator: If someone wants to live in a flood zone, let them.  But stop asking the rest of us to subsidize their flood insurance.


Counterpoint; generally it is the poorest among us who live in flood plains, which means as usual, the black and brown populations.

So perhaps we should stop building in those zones and let "those people" live with the rest of society.

/This wasn't directed at you personally.
//But you're complaining about a symptom of a much larger problem.
 
Smelly Pirate Hooker
2023-01-27 11:30:57 AM  
Meh, after those houses almost immediately become uninsurable because of flooding, problem solved.
 
Bonzo_1116
2023-01-27 12:03:14 PM  

Rapmaster2000: Why does Jacksonville need any more sprawl?  It's the largest city in the country by land area.   It's 2 and a half times bigger than NYC.

Build up, stupid.


I thought that was San Diego.  We go from the border to 40+ miles north.

/off to google
 
Bonzo_1116
2023-01-27 12:07:44 PM  
S.D.
Area[6]
• Total
372.42 sq mi (964.56 km2)
• Land
325.88 sq mi (844.02 km2)
• Water
46.54 sq mi (120.54 km2) 12.68%

Jacksonville
Area[5]
• Total
874.46 sq mi (2,264.84 km2)
• Land
747.30 sq mi (1,935.49 km2)
• Water
127.16 sq mi (329.35 km2)


Well I'll be damned, looks like the city of Javksonville is pretty much the whole county.  The Wiki says they merged in 1968.
 
flamingboard
2023-01-27 2:13:50 PM  

Floki: You would think that in a flat state such as Florida, building upwards to obtain long and wide scenic views would be a major selling point.


Why would anyone want to see more of Florida?
 
whitroth
2023-01-27 2:29:08 PM  
Wonder what the "legislators" are being paid by the developer?
 
GentDirkly
2023-01-27 3:00:19 PM  
Florida generally requires a developer to build a retention pond on their own developed property to retain the extra stormwater from their newly created impervious surfaces.  The runoff isn't going to be an issue.  There won't be much runoff.
The problem is folks living next to the area now, their properties are likely running off into this wetland.  And now they won't be able to.
 
whitroth
2023-01-27 4:15:46 PM  

GentDirkly: Florida generally requires a developer to build a retention pond on their own developed property to retain the extra stormwater from their newly created impervious surfaces.  The runoff isn't going to be an issue.  There won't be much runoff.
The problem is folks living next to the area now, their properties are likely running off into this wetland.  And now they won't be able to.


Except it's *already* a wetland. What do you think the "soil" there is like?
 
GentDirkly
2023-01-27 6:36:54 PM  

whitroth: GentDirkly: Florida generally requires a developer to build a retention pond on their own developed property to retain the extra stormwater from their newly created impervious surfaces.  The runoff isn't going to be an issue.  There won't be much runoff.
The problem is folks living next to the area now, their properties are likely running off into this wetland.  And now they won't be able to.

Except it's *already* a wetland. What do you think the "soil" there is like?


Right, the surface organics have to be removed and anything deeper has to be heavily preloaded.
I'm not a Geotechnical engineer but I can play one on TV.
 
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