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Pinkie_Flamingo t1_j72rez6 wrote

"Cleanest the rivers have been in 100 years" doesn't seem like it would be clean enough to swim in safely.

Also, what about climate change? As these rivers rise, won't beaches encourage flooding?

Lastly, whut about crime? Murderers have been throwing victims' bodies in the East River probably since before 1496.

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Adavadava t1_j72rvy2 wrote

No swimming is more about shipping and currents (the hudson is cold, fast, strong, and filled with boats). Also, the hudson river isnt the east river.

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Pinkie_Flamingo t1_j73cvfd wrote

If you cannot safely eat fish caught in the river due to pollution, I don't think you can swim in it safely either.

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thatisnotmyknob t1_j736qfa wrote

Yea and based on currents alot of those bodies are found in Williamsburg (according to cops I talked to as I watched them fish out a body in Long Island City).

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