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...WEST COAST generally fares better than the East. For one thing, except for the densely populated Southern California coastline, the Western seashore is sparsely settled. For another, much of the coast lacks the complicated riverine-estuarian system of the Gulf region and the Atlantic Coast. There are, for example, few natural harbors along the shoreline that would draw heavy industries. But Southern California already seems an ominous portent of the coastline's fate. A huge population, temperate weather and a vast expanse of ocean frontage have turned much of this area into a Miami of the West. Bays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Threatened Coastlines | 8/30/1971 | See Source »

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