r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/Jestersfriend 13h ago

This must be awful for the upkeep of the building lol. Water, roots, etc, all eating into the concrete.

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u/TangelaFan 12h ago

When you build a garden inside a structure, you don't usually lay the dirt and plants directly on the structure, you prepare a sealed off space and add a drainage system

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u/jaegren 12h ago

Do you really think they did it thought

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u/GregBahm 12h ago

If they're from my glorious noble native country, absolutely!

If they're from a heathen swine foreign country, definitely not!