en.m.wikipedia.orgPosted Mar 1, 2016, 8:07 PM UTC
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Having driven across the (San Francisco - Marin) Golden Gate Bridge, I can attest that it is still standing after many times ten years. I guess there must be some differences.
The golden gate bridge cost 1.5b in today's dollar for comparison. You get what you pay for.
I've visited this area; $16m is an insane amount of money for this area so you can't really compare like for like.
If you speak to the locals, they basically say that everything was corrupt, and people lower down the chain skimming 10% of the materials were also to blame...
It's really sad because this was all the money this local community had (saved from when they had a mining/mineral boom). They decided to invest in tourism and a theme park, the bridge was part of that whole plan
Wouldn't it be pretty easy to find anyone in such an urbanized area? Can they just not be declared you dead unless they find a body?
It's up to the courts and without a body it's not clear cut. The courts aren't in a rush to declare people dead and people have been found alive after being declared dead. It's likely that there will be contesting of the facts from both sides in each case. The probate courts in the US at times move at what seems like a glacial pace, so I can only imagine how long this will take to resolve there. It's only been 4 1/2 years since the collapse. It would be normal for the families to wait a while before petitioning the courts too. They're in no rush and there are a lot of reasons for the courts to take their time with this. Those missing can be declared dead, but only if the courts agree and If a party with interest in the case petitions the court for a declaration in the first place.