Is that chemical runoff from pesticides/herbicides? Or do they have to pump their lawns full of so much fertilizer to get the grass to grow there that the nitrate levels are through the roof?

chemical runoff from everyone's yards.

Lawns

They say the fall of the Roman empire was seen to some as simply when their roads and bridges stopped being repaired, the fall of the yankee empire will be marked by no government workers showing up to stock your pond so it turns into a malaria cesspool

no fucking way man that's invoking the dead guinea pig copypasta with the snake

“Sense” in that they’re actually close to sea level, maybe, but can you get flood rising sea levels insurance? Or will they all be literally underwater in a decade?

The bigger problem with those is that many were not developed with water and sewer systems, instead each lot has its own septic system and water well. These areas are actually too dense to support every home doing that, so people have started to run out of water. Now cities like Cape Coral are spending a lot of money to bring sanitary sewer and water to every lot.

oh god, the bizarre combination of indigenous tribal names, anglo names, and numbered city streets (in the suburbs???) why are we putting N or W in front of the names, when the streets are curved? why are some of the cul-de-sacs avenues, some are lanes, and others are drives?? did we need a N 52nd Dr and a N 52nd Ave?

this place is every delivery driver's nightmare

One of my favourite Boonta Vista bits is them getting angry at American street naming conventions

dw, it’s probably heavily chlorinated

I can't tell if you're being serious or making a joke, but if that's forreal that's amazing. Like permanently blue balling yourself on a hot dry day staring at the water right behind your house

The Aztecs built on a lake, the Yankees made lakes around their buildings. You'd think one of them would be easier to maintain than the others, but the answer might surprise you

I think they all have little docks, and maybe 70% have boats, plus lots of them have pools, too, since you wouldn’t want to swim in the “lake”

They stock them with fish, but they regularly die because of the pesticides and herbicides leeching into the water from the lawns that they insist on maintaining

Clear blue night skies.