@ismh86 Surely Nashville’s underground conditions have lots of historical data from previous construction. I’d expect The Boring Company to confirm that data with core samples that go past the depth of the tunnel and are spaced along the path, not a small, shallow pit at one end of the route.
@drdrang Did @ismh86 talk about this on a podcast somewhere or something? Because I am here (in Nashville) for it.
Mr. Musk Goes to Nashville - 512 Pixels

Another Elon Musk company is doing things in another Tennessee city, as Hannah McDonald reports: Aerial footage from Sky 5 shows a freshly dug pit near the base of the State Capitol, a visible sign of progress on The Boring Company’s controversial underground transportation project in Tennessee. The 10-foot-deep, 20-by-20-foot test pit was dug this […]

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@ismh86 @mackenab extremely hard rock? That shit is all limestone. It falls apart when you breathe on it.

And Tennessee was dumb enough to make its capitol building out of sandstone, which is exactly as sturdy as it sounds.