What if instead the earthquake occurring in 1906, San Francisco is hit by a powerful devastating earthquake in 1936? In the midst of the Great Depression and while Fascism is rising to prominence in Europe. How would this have affected the USA's military strategic situation on the eve of WW2, since San Francisco would be still in the rebuilding stage at that time?
IOTL Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937, but the bridge wouldn't be the same in design if there'd been no earlier earthquake. It wouldn't be as strongly engineered to resist an earthquake, whatever the bridge would be called in this timeline, it would probably collapse totally.
None of the buildings would be designed for earthquake resistance as strongly as IOTL.
How would this affect the politics and the economy?
IOTL Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937, but the bridge wouldn't be the same in design if there'd been no earlier earthquake. It wouldn't be as strongly engineered to resist an earthquake, whatever the bridge would be called in this timeline, it would probably collapse totally.
None of the buildings would be designed for earthquake resistance as strongly as IOTL.
How would this affect the politics and the economy?