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In reply to the discussion: it will take 29 years for college grads to save 20% down on SF home, study shows [View all]CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)The best place to be in an earthquake is on one of San Francisco's hills - they are solid rock, if I'm not mistaken. I think the structures on the hills did very well during the 1906 quake. I always dreamed of living on a hill in SF.
The terrifying prospect would be living in places like the Marina (where the soil liquefied during Loma Prieta) or Foster City down the peninsula, which is built on landfill - or how about all the people who live right on top of the ominously overdue Hayward Fault in the East Bay. I don't understand why they would let anyone build houses (and hospitals and schools) right on top of a fault - seems insane.
I lived most of my life right in the center of all these faultlines and it was a constant source of anxiety.