What are four reasons the Mexico city is poorly located?

Answer 1

Mexico City was built in a drained lake bed so the loose soils of the lake bed make earthquakes stronger and more damaging. The next one is mountains that surround the city trap in automobile exhaust and other pollutions that the city uses. Also mudslides and volcanoes.

Answer 2

It resides within a valley, which traps smog and exhaust fumes.

It sits on the bottom of a dessicated lake. This makes it vulnerable to earthquakes.

It is located at a high altitude (2240 m/7349 ft above sea level) which allows "thermal inversions" to occur; also lower oxygen levels due to altitude worsen smog problems, as incomplete combustion increases carbon monoxide (CO) levels.

Answer 3

It is situated at the bottom of a valley, surrounded by mountains and hills. This prevents strong winds to reach the city, resulting in a "cookpot effect" which allows for accumulation of toxic fumes (specially ozone and dirt particles) as well as thermal inversions during the winter months.

Answer 4

In one word: overpopulation.

This means, among many other things:

• That Mexico City has constant traffic problems.
• There are zones within Mexico City that are unsafe even in the middle of the day.
• Services such as public transportation or garbage disposal are chocked-full, and don't perform their services efficiently (i.e. there are zones in the city that look like a dumpster; on rush hours the metro underground system is packed).
• The environmental degradation has become a synonym with Mexico City (i.e. former rivers have become open sewers).