Flooding in Pakistan has stranded one C of thousands of hoi polloi , an anti - vaccination move trending in L.A. ’s most moneyed neighborhood is causing a whooping cough epidemic , and one broken air conditioner could destroy Rome ’s most priceless art . Hope you ’re comfortable , this week ’s What ’s Ruining Our Cities is a doozy .
Floods are ruining Kashmir
There ’s weird weather everywhere this week , with summertime snow in Calgary and disc - discontinue monsoonal rains in Phoenix . But nothing crush the implosion therapy currently ripping through areas of Pakistan and India , where over half a million masses have been run aground and at least 500 people have died . What make these floods so tough ? According to CityLab , poor substructure sustenance , plus the fact that traditional metropolis - planning methods which worked for centuries — work up homes on high land , avoiding construction in creekbeds — have been ignored in the name of “ progression . ” [ CityLab ]
Anti-vaxxers are ruining Los Angeles
There ’s a whooping cough epidemic presently stultify Southern California , and nowhere in the area are casing higher than in L.A. County . Why ? Through some passably damning data , the Hollywood Reporter ’s Gary Baum points the digit straight at L.A. ’s most flush resident , who are send their kids to schooling with “ Personal Belief Exemption form ” instead of vaccination . At some school — the city ’s rich , I might summate — the inoculation rates for these pernicious disease are lower than that of South Sudan . Yikes . [ Hollywood newsman ]
A museum’s bad AC is ruining Rome’s art
It ’s been hot and humid in Rome this summer , which should really not storm anyone since it ’s hot and humid in Rome every summertime . Still , the city ’s Galleria Borghese was distinctly not prepared for this predictable atmospheric condition pattern , since it neglected to repair its broken air conditioner in fourth dimension for the warmer calendar month . Now the faulty HVAC system has now plausibly destroyed a priceless work of art : Raphael ’s Deposition , which he paint in 1507 , has been warped by the heat energy , and other paintings are apparently at risk , too . It all calls into enquiry Rome ’s budget - crippled ability to preserve and maintain these invaluable hoarded wealth . [ The Independent ]
Update: Modern houses are moving forward in Raleigh
recall that too - modern sign of the zodiac that a Raleigh , North Carolina neighbourhood was battling because it was , well , too modern ? A superior court judge resolve that the region did not have legal grounds to fight the maturation after it was approved by the local historic commission and granted construction permits . The best possible outcome from the whole matter ? The Twitter account @ModernOakwood , which has pretty much tormented the most vocal anti - modern neighbor ( nice work ) . [ News Observer ]
A flooded home in Multan , Pakistan , Mansoor Abass / AP Photo
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