Scientist have recently discussed the possibility of 7 major cities sinking in an unknown amount of years to come. The seven cities are as follows: Bangkok, New York City, Houston, Shanghai, New Orleans, Venice, and Mexico City. While I am not in full agreement of the pending disaster let's reflect on what geographical treasures we would lose if such events were to happen.
Among much of the natural beauty that would be lost, these cities will lose wondrous man made structures. Bangkok will lose places such as the Grand Palace and Wat Arun, quoted as being one of the most visited temples of the area. We all have a particular place in New York City that we would hold dear if lost. Mine would be Broadway because I have aspirations to write a play and be featured there. Houston we would lose the NASA visitor's center as well as major oil business. Shanghai as one of the world's most populated city we would lose a culture as a whole. New Orleans went through a disaster of such magnitude before but permanently losing Bourbon Street would be horrid. Who has not seen the pending doom of Venice? A city built on water; but that is what creates the allure. There is something about stepping of a Gondola right into the lobby of your hotel that just seems magical. Mexico City is the largest city on Earth, but it's size may be why it is sinking into the lake bed that it was built on. Of course none of this compares to potential the loss of life. Let us hope that people would be able to evacuate these cities before a disaster would strike.
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