# Sponge Cities?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933 "2024-04-29T16:57:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933/1 "2024-04-29T16:57:40Z")

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Anyone heard of Sponge Cities? Sounds like a good concept to better manage water. Maybe Las Vegas could use a Sponge City, if it has further sponge needs.

> **[Revolutionary Sponge City Concept Can Solve Water Problems Instead Of...](https://www.boredpanda.com/home-design/architecture/sponge-city-solves-water-crisis/?cexp_id=94799&cexp_var=18&_f=featured)**
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> Very soon many of us may have a Sponge City nearby, as Kongjian Yu’s revolutionary concept is rapidly spreading worldwide.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933/2 "2024-04-29T17:52:25Z")

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Allow me to introduce my new concept of “Loofah Towns”. Hey, you scratch my back…

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933/3 "2024-04-29T22:32:17Z")

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I’d like to see cities built out of stuff that greatly expands when wet.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933/4 "2024-04-30T13:18:12Z")

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Las Vegas is not sponge-worthy.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933/5 "2024-04-30T13:30:02Z")

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Las Vegas sponges on gamblers. 😉 😃

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sponge-cities/1000933/6 "2024-04-30T14:47:17Z")

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> [@glee](#):
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> Las Vegas sponges on gamblers

You got to pay extra for that.