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[–] -1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Las Vegas being the exception that kind of proves the rule.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If you look at the top 10 cities, all of them have a river, except Mexico City. That’s the real outlier. Large cities require lots of water, and that city is a really weird exception.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Tenochtitlan was a "floating city", with artificial islands created on top of Lake Texcoco. Mexico City was founded on top of the ruins of the old Aztec capital and the lake was mostly drained.

    To overcome the problems of drinking water, the Aztecs built a system of dams to separate the salty waters of the lake from the rain water of the effluents.

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