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Does having poor soil mean New Orleans buildings are designed better? Or does New Orleans suffer from both bad soil and designs?


It just means everything gets built on piles, so there's a lot of local experience.

I wouldn't say better, because there are/were multiple skyscrapers with chunks of facade falling off them. At least a couple are abandoned because they were built so bad.

But they're not sinking.




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