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Orange Free State

(611 posts)

12. This is idiocy.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 07:41 AM

May 2018

It is not difficult to harden the shoreline by dumping rock along it. In fact, I would imagine that NYC has plenty of concrete sidewalks that have been broken up and need a place to be disposed of, on a daily basis. Why sit around and write stories about it? Just send the concrete there instead of wherever it is disposed of. Come on New York, you are smarter than that and can kill two birds with one stone. If it is considered too ugly to look at, then nice clean stone can be used for the outer visible part.

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New York City's Crumbling 'Island of The Dead' Is Unearthing Its Nameless Skeletons [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 2018 OP

1 million unidentified?? Demovictory9 May 2018 #1

I ran across this story by accident and found it quite disturbing Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #2

Judging from the pic, it looks like a very low lying bit of land. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #3

It sure does - and with erosion and storms, a lot could have disappeared since 1869. Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #4

so not unidentified. Just poor or unclaimed. those court-appointed guardians can be snakes. Demovictory9 May 2018 #5

It really does sound like something from a horror movie - and it's not just from the 1800s Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #6

More about Hart Island Dennis Donovan May 2018 #7

Thanks! I did look it up, I had never heard about it before Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #8

It goes to show that DonCoquixote May 2018 #9

Our friend died in N.Y.C. four years ago. He had distant relatives and was destitute. 3Hotdogs May 2018 #10

It was amazing to me to learn that this was still going on. Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #11

This is idiocy. Orange Free State May 2018 #12

Interesting timing... BigmanPigman May 2018 #13