[proc0]

I've been to Mexico DF once. I visited downtown and there was a literal mountain of garbage in the central plaza (easily two stories high). Maybe Mexico City engineers are shit (pun intended), at least article implies it as it's the only example they give.

[rramadass]

You are being flippant. The Mexico City problem is the author's research study (do a little bit of googling on the author) and therefore it is the example he knows best. The article also does not denigrate Mexican Engineers; you are reading it through your own unwarranted biases.

And finally, just so you know this is a problem with all major urban centers throughout the world. Here is a scary report on India - https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/27/india/india-water-crisis-... This is a thorny problem for Govts, Politicians, Urban planners and Engineers which if not properly evaluated will have catastrophic consequences. That is why when people do research on this and point out problems and possible solutions, you listen carefully with gravitas.

[proc0]

To be clear, I was only talking about this particular problem, and engineers who might deal with it, not engineers in general. That was my experience when I visited, and apparently at the time the problem was not being dealt with properly. India is probably not a good example of how this happens in a lot of cities either, but I'll grant that Mexico DF has location problems from being on top of a lake etc.