12.10.25: The Disappearing City

Climate change doesn’t just destroy cities. Sometimes, it erases them slowly. Streets flood once a year, then twice, then permanently. Locals adapt, building walkways, raising homes, pretending it’s temporary. But one day, maps stop including the city. Navigation apps reroute around it. Deliveries stop. Officially, it no longer exists. The people remain, stubborn, wading through water like ghosts refusing to leave. I imagine the future will have dozens of these “disappearing cities.” Places that exist in memory and mud, but not on paper. Proof that maps don’t tell you everything. Sometimes they just tell you what’s convenient.