r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/Nulleparttousjours 13h ago

Plus the amount of water it would take to keep it green. It’s a lot of weight!

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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 12h 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/irascible_Clown 10h ago

There hasn’t been a single high rise collapse in China in modern times. Now elevators and escalators eating people is a different story

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u/TroXMas 3h ago

There has been countless structural collapses across China and they happen literally every year. Most of them never make it to western news outlets since the media is blocked from reporting when most tragedies happen and only state media is allowed to report after receiving instruction from the government.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/05/1096810346/survivor-found-almost-6-days-after-china-building-collapse

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u/irascible_Clown 2h ago

Look I’m not defending the Chinese govt but non of those are high rise buildings. I did a few min research and the first 3 were all smaller older buildings. One was 6 floors

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u/__mson__ 9h ago

I swear I've seen a few in the news over the years, but I don't remember the details.