PublicSeverance t1_jeeao2s wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:59 AM

Reply to comment by NetDork in TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01

Yes, that is how you reclaim land in a swamp.

They dig water channels to lower the water table and drain the swamp. They then backfill with whatever solid material they can find and let it compress over a few years. Because it's still a swamp, any organic material quickly rots away, leaving nice fertile soil behind.

Boston harbor was reclaimed with literal trash. The city dumped all it's garbage into man made dikes to back fill and create the land. What is now the highest property prices in New England.