As the Millennium Tower approaches maximum lean San Francisco asks for a new expert

[Jesse13927]

Can’t they just build another skyscraper leaning against it in the opposite direction so that the two cancel each other out?

[LemoUtan]

And with a knowing-nod of his greybeard head, this guy comes up with “Not to use the cliché term, but ‘if you’re going to bomb the village to save it - it might turn out to be a terrible idea’”. Possibly one of the unpithiest chunk of faux-cliché running-on-emptiness ever uttered by pseudo-sage.

[Otherbrother]

@Jesse13927

Can’t they just build another skyscraper leaning against it in the opposite direction so that the two cancel each other out?

Well, there are examples of densely packed SF buildings keeping each other upright after a quake…

[FGD135]

[PPK]

Reminds me of Amsterdam:

Maybe they need some Dutch engineers to help out?