Exactly that. We have the technology now to work with nature rather than against it. 100 years ago, it made sense to build cities the way we do... now, it doesn't even really make sense to build cities any more!
It will be interesting to see how many other 100 year old engineering projects fail in the next few years. e.g. the viaduct that runs along the waterfront in downtown Seattle is expected to fall down...soon. The fact that it's built on sawdust (seriously) and being eaten by zebra muscles (or something similar) isn't helping the fact that it was built poorly in the first place.
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