Bleakest thing I’ve read in a while: “Burning Town”, about Centralia, Pennsylvania, and all the government ineptitude and bureaucratic fuckery that destroyed it. Same deal as Love Canal, for the most part. But very depressing. Could have been prevented at a number of points, but never was. - Kotaku In Action 2

Bleakest thing I’ve read in a while: “Burning Town”, about Centralia, Pennsylvania, and all the government ineptitude and bureaucratic fuckery that destroyed it. Same deal as Love Canal, for the most part. But very depressing. Could have been prevented at a number of points, but never was. (archive.is)

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– when_we_win_remember 4 points 253 days ago +4 / -0

The Salton Sea area in Southern California

California + Water could be the subject of a tragedy in many acts.

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– lgbtqwtfbbq 4 points 253 days ago +4 / -0

The basic premise behind the Chinatown movie is still relevant 50 years later.

One day when someone writes the book on "The Decline and Fall of the American Empire" there will be a whole section dedicated to "if you ever decide to settle the desert, your number one priority is commanding the political will to maintain and expand your waterworks."

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