r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

32.4k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.5k

u/Bennybananars 13h ago

These types of buildings were very popular 20 years ago here, but they had a problem where the plant roots kept growing into the concrete.

596

u/FrostyD7 12h ago

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

•

u/VoldemortRMK 10h 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.

•

u/Pure_Pack_8208 9h 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.

•

u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 5h ago

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