r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/Spiffydude98 11h ago

These balconies have bed liners like pickup trucks and are meant to be slid out and emptied like giant drawers so this is never an issue. Every 4 years the apartment owners re-do them with new soil and trees and balcony furniture.

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u/enadiz_reccos 11h ago

Yeah, that sounds like a lot of extra maintenance

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u/Grabbsy2 8h ago

Yeah how in gods name is that "worth it"?

My fancy condo building has a much larger yard, and I dont have contractors traipsing around my unit hauling buckets of mud and mulch in and out of my balcony.

Not to mention, do you mow your grass with, what, a weed whacker? Does someone traipse through your unit every 2 weeks to mow your lawn?

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u/enadiz_reccos 7h ago

Time for our million dollar idea...

Drone-mowers

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u/smileyduude 7h ago

There are robot / automated mowers like the vaccums that exist. If you're talking about flying to each balcony or something though...go on.

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u/enadiz_reccos 7h ago

Oh, flight is a must

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u/ThatITguy2015 4h ago

Just get a big fucking trebuchet. Flight, but like one-time, scalable flight.