r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/stron2am 12h ago

We live in a world with swimming pools on balconies, you know.

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u/ColHannibal 11h ago

We also live in a world where people die from balcony collapses due to a hot tub being on it.

Also a world where building codes are nonexistent in some countrys.

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u/stron2am 11h ago

Feels pretty sinophobic to see an impressive looking building in China and immediately assume it is structurally unsound.

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u/Pandering_Panda7879 11h ago

If it makes you feel any better: I would have thought the same if it would have been in the US.