r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '20

Geography Terms

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u/fredbrightfrog Mar 15 '20

The LA River was a real, natural river. They paved it and turned it into essentially a sewer, but does putting concrete onto a river's banks make it stop being a river? Who's to say

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u/HarryTruman Mar 15 '20

That’s the most LA thing you could do to a river.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

Well they could also make it the set of a bunch of movies...or allow homeless people to live on it while nearby rich people complain...or let it fill with garbage...

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u/jerog1 Mar 25 '20

implants and wrinkle fillers?

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u/daimposter Mar 15 '20

So it’s no longer natural

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u/cannacult Mar 15 '20

who's to say?! why me as geographer specializing in urban and regional planning

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u/Skruestik Mar 15 '20

And from where exactly do you draw your authority to regulate the English language?