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SF could have a devastating earthquake at any moment and people are still there.

Down in LA someone is trying to build a skyscraper on an active fault line: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hollywood-fault-mill...

A good portion of Manhattan will be under water if sea levels rise as well.

Then we all know what happened to New Orleans.

People seem to enjoy evacuating after the fact, not before.

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I've looked at the projections, and Manhattan's not nearly as screwed as Miami. Our foundation is mostly rock, I think, and a lot of this island has a relatively high elevation (as anyone who has walked up the giant hill to CCNY would happily tell you). Of course, the financial district will probably be toast, but things will just get pushed further into the bronx/inwood areas as is already happening now due to rent prices. I don't think anyone will care if we have to abandon Staten Island...

Miami, on the other hand, is mostly flat and is sitting on a porous foundation, in addition to being right next to the everglades. There was a really interesting article recently on it:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-the-city-of-mi...

Manhattan is also dense and rich enough to be worth trying to save.

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