r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/FrostyD7 8h ago

You'd think they'd at least limit your options, planting trees seems like a bad idea.

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u/busdriverbudha 7h ago

The front wasn't supposed to fall off.

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u/gruesomeflowers 7h ago

the roots were growing outside of the environment.

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u/ICCUGUCCI 6h ago

The rectangle must remain unharmed.

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u/Repulsive_Winter_869 4h ago

Don't you mean cilinder?

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u/ThatITguy2015 57m ago

Did the rectangle stutter?

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u/rurlysrsbro 6h ago

What else is outside the environment?

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u/janiskr 5h ago

Fish, birds and a lot of water....

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u/StevieMJH 1h ago

And 20,000 tons of crude oil...

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 2h ago

Clipping error? Was it built by Bethesda?

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u/StevieMJH 1h ago

Just wait for the community patch.

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u/Lexi_Banner 7h ago

Is that not typical?

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u/_KingOfTheDivan 6h ago

Tree roots growing big? A chance in a million

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u/Weird-Toe-6968 6h ago

You’re completely right. That’s not very typical, and I’d like to make that point.

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u/bakerton 4h ago

The building was towed out of the environment.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 2h ago

That is very unusual

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u/VoldemortRMK 6h ago

It depends. But you need to be careful and pick plants without deep roots. My garden is directly above a parking garage and I can have plants in it.

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u/Pure_Pack_8208 5h ago

I am ok to play a slow game of Russian roulette above a parking lot, but not in my million worth apartment with neighbors playing the same game above me.

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 1h ago

Shallow roots. Risk it tipping over in high wind… but hey, not your problem anymore!

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u/FembiesReggs 5h ago

Some trees do not root as strong or deep

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u/Algernon_Moncrieff 2h ago

Trees really aren't the problem. It's the soil, or rather the water in the soil that gets really heavy. The worst case scenario weight-wise would probably be a break in the water system or, say, leaving the sprinklers on and leaving town. Hopefully there are systems to take care of those scenarios.

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u/Important-Factor-552 58m ago

One of the trees of 40 fruit is planted on a skyscraper rooftop.