What started as a wonderful idea for the underwater community has led to high crime rates and over-crowding like other major cities. Delaware initiated the program, taking the subway car shells off of New York City, and setting them up to form and artificial underwater reef.
Sounds great, right? Well, other states are getting the idea making the subway shells more difficult to get. With an escalating population, comes heavy traffic above from fisherman resulting in sharp competition and more headaches for state officials.
"SLAUGHTER BEACH, Del. — Sixteen nautical miles from the Indian River Inlet and about 80 feet underwater, a building boom is under way at the Red Bird Reef.
One by one, a machine operator has been shoving hundreds of retired New York City subway cars off a barge, continuing the transformation of a barren stretch of ocean floor into a bountiful oasis, carpeted in sea grasses, walled thick with blue mussels and sponges, and teeming with black sea bass and tautog."
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nytimes.com
