Why did Los Angeles turn their river into this?
Why did Los Angeles turn their river into this?
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Makes it easier to escape and hide on 5 stars
No reason.
>oh we have water moving
>we have to make a pointless path for it to move
Complete stupidity, redundant behavior.
I like it. It's unique. Can you really drive there like in Drive and have picnics?
Yeah. You're not a movie star though so they will turn on the water.
>and have picnics
just imagine the smell though
to keep it from flooding
> The heavy flow of the Los Angeles River presented many issues, as it began to get exploited as a sewer system. Along with these uses, populations surrounding the river often tossed feces and waste into the river, along with dead dogs and horses (occasional human dead), in hopes that they would get washed down stream and released to the open ocean waters
>The farmers with the most water banded together to form the Owens Valley Irrigation District in order to try to secure a better deal. When the Owens Valley Irrigation District did not succeed, they created three smaller groups in order to try to bargain. These groups were turbulent in their efforts; resorting to violence, trying to get the attention of state and national press, and calling for politician interference to support their demands for more compensation. This conflict was so highly disputed that the national press referred to it as "California's Little Civil War."
>The St. Francis Dam was built starting in 1924 (and through 1926), leading to the creation of a large reservoir in San Francisquito Canyon, and provided water for Los Angeles. However, the dam collapsed in 1928. Following the collapse of the dam, there was little appetite for large dams near the homes of Los Angeles' residents.
>The incidents revolving around the Los Angeles River resulted in the Army Corps of Engineers blocking its path through a cement wall. The Army Corps of Engineers duly began an ambitious project of completely encasing the river's bed and banks in concrete, with only a trickle of water usually flowing down its middle
>The river was dry for nine months of the year as late as the 1950s. According to an August 2013 article in the Los Angeles Times, the water in the river today is largely "industrial and residential discharge," which originates from the "two giant pipes that collect the sewage from the homes of 800,000 San Fernando Valley residents"
>tl;dr complain about river being used as a sewer
>drain the river and create concrete causeway full of sewer
typical
>drain the river
it wasn't drained, anon
>it wasn't drained
where's the water moron
diverted long long before it even reaches the city
>muh water for growing crops
Do you think India will solve their problem with the Ganges currently by making it into a giant concrete river like in LA?
No, because being an Indian government project the concrete will be substandard because of corruption and it will be washed away within a few months
Americans suffer from something I call “effectivism”. They will sacrifice anything to make things more efficient because it’s the only way for them to cope with the lack of tradition.
It’s a cancer consuming the American people
So things should be inefficient?
>VGH, squalor, poverty, and inefficiency is TRVE EVROPEAN SPIRIT
Not in detriment of everything else. Examples: Highway through downtown, multi-purpose stadiums, drywall, restaurant chains, etc
i honestly do not understand what get europeans so bizarrely obsessed with the USA like this. china? I get it, they are mad because they took their shot and even america at its worst is better than china at its best.
but europeans have a good quality of life. things are fine. why worry so much about some river in a dumpy american city built on the desert?
>america at its worst is better than china at its best
Not even slightly true.
LULZ is just /int/ without flags
>US
>Efficient
they can't even bulk buy medicine. But I'd agree if you say "efficient", as in, the fantasy of it being better.
Idk man I bulk buy fish penicillin. At least we can own land to grow our own medicine (comfrey, turmeric, etc.)
That's called capitalism
it's not a lack of tradition, it's literally german autism
forget it jack, it's chinatown
classic
where's the river?
So that they could film Terminator 2
Forget it op.
Its Chinatown