Could this major California city [Sacramento] see mass ‘abandonment’? New risk model predicts just that

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/sacramento-depopulation-first-street-20217988.php?sid=53b9cdc7fdd5acb02a00075a&ss=A&st_rid=9e72a8bb-2ae3-40d9-8b80-86a17a45b3dd&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2NhbGlmb3JuaWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9zYWNyYW1lbnRvLWRlcG9wdWxhdGlvbi1maXJzdC1zdHJlZXQtMjAyMTc5ODgucGhw&time=MTc0ODg4NzcxMjM4MA%3D%3D&rid=ZjAwMjVlZWEtNGZmYi00MzJiLTkwM2QtYjQwMmRmMzU1MjAw&sharecount=MA%3D%3D

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mesamunefire@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm skeptical with their models, especially since we are still growing the population. Their numbers seem much too high.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y

The problem is that the Sacramento area is subect to very infrequent but really intense flooding, with the last episode being December 1860-January 1861. So recent memory and trends are a terrible predictor of what will happen.

I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Well it was hot as balls (115 highs) when I lived there in the 90s and we got smog days off from school when the air was too unbreathable to go outside. I don’t imagine things have changed for the better in the last 25 years.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

That’s good news!

Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The secret treasure in the underground city of Sacramento Will ensure that the population remains stable.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y

I was gonna ask if it was a big chest of meth, but I was thinking of Stockton not Sacramento. 😖