That's true, Heyang. We do have to figure out ways to raise houses (or the land) and construct artificial barrier "islands." Certainly in Manhattan, Battery Park City was made of landfill. (Other parts of lower Manhattan were actually the earliest settled areas of the city—some of those buildings date from the 1700s as I understand it. Wall Street was the outer wall of the first part of the city. )
It's just distressing to contemplate all around, isn't it. At least now everyone knows what it looks like, and they can't pretend it doesn't happen.
It's just distressing to contemplate all around, isn't it. At least now everyone knows what it looks like, and they can't pretend it doesn't happen.