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Should we drain the Everglades?
no pls dont
That report, the first published study about the Everglades, said, “The Ever Glades are now suitable only for the haunt of noxious vermin or the resort of pestilent reptiles,” so in other words, they were super on board with the idea of draining it, too. More on that “real estate got really expensive” part - developers sold tens of thousands of plots to unsuspecting people who drained their bank accounts only to show up in Florida and find their brand new land underwater. The Department of the Interior took one look at the airport plan and said, “Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities ... will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park,” to which the director of the Dade County Port Authority responded, “I'm more interested in people than alligators.
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