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Yah right ... So many publications 20 years ago also say this sink patterns and that submerge patterns ... Rinse and rerinse ...
(12-01-2024, 07:37 AM)red3 Wrote: [ -> ]Yah right ... So many publications 20 years ago also say this sink patterns and that submerge patterns ... Rinse and rerinse ...
Quite a few low lying islands have sunk and disappeared you sure it jw wise to take the risk and assume nothing will happen?
Around 40% of North Jakarta now lies below sea level, with many homes and buildings sinking into the ground.
(12-01-2024, 09:10 AM)Simplemen Wrote: [ -> ]We go there often .. sprawling city with spanking new buildings & HUGE malls nothing here can beat them

Everything is cheap..Grab is $1 or $2 within city, travel so far only $15

Strangely I dont see any signs of sinking whatsoever.. Could be an excuse to justify spending billions for a new capital in Borneo

Yah, the malls are huge. But that's usually so in large countries.

Grab is cheap but when I was working there, the traffic was always jammed. 

The sinking is in north Jakarta.