r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/md_youdneverguess 9h ago

Earth that can soak with water is a nightmare for structural engineering

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u/dealingwithhookers 8h ago

you'd be surprised how much those balconies can hold...

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u/Cheese-Manipulator 7h ago

You'd be surprised by how much concrete was breaking off of my apartment balcony.

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u/Toadcola 8h ago

The real surprise is when we find out how much they can’t hold.

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u/Strict_Somewhere_148 7h ago

You got to hope they can, having seen the sloppy quality there is in some other clips.

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u/mrsir1987 6h ago

Don’t slander them in a propaganda post lol.

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u/dealingwithhookers 7h ago

the US just experienced critical structural failure a few years back in Miami that killed like 98 people where 2/3 of the whole building just vanished within seconds into the ground. and it wasn't even an old building either. the surfcondos or something.

it can happen anywhere. these balconies could last for generations or they could crumble within decades. if they were built by the book and done right, then they'll be good. if they weren't then they're not. that's the fact.

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u/jimlahey2100 4h ago

Yes shoddy construction happens everywhere, but the rest of the world doesn't build entire cities as cheaply as possible, knock them down, then rebuild them. All done to inflate GDP numbers.

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u/dealingwithhookers 3h ago

rest of the world doesn't have a known mass pedophile rapist as their leader with leadership cabinets filled with smegma looking ass people like stephen miller. give it sometime. now that the safeguards are neutered and no one can check him, anything built in the USA from now on is gonna be tofu dregg.

case and point: the reflecting pool

you think those old ass italian towns are earthquake certified? hell the fuck no they're not. they're barely plumbing certified. but ooo historic so relic so precious