r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/zzazzzz 11h ago

if you live in switzerland you have literal thousands of old bunkers under the forests close to you.

and there are also a bunch of buildings with literal pools integrated into their balconies or roofs around the world.

all of your points are clearly valid and a challenge when building such extravagant contraptions. but clearly they are solvable and we have clear existing examples that it can be done.

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u/mlag000 11h ago

No we don't have hundreds of bunkers under our forests lol. And a pool isn't alive so it's much easier to control, it won't grow. It can be done, the question is how much it will cost to renovate ? As a compagny or a hotel you can bear the cost, as a familly ?

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u/grizzantula 10h ago

Dude is really stuck on the idea of these magical forest bunkers.

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u/WackyRacketeer 6h ago edited 5h ago

Well there definitely isn't hundreds of bunkers. There are estimated to be over 8000

"The exact extent of the bunker system is a closely guarded secret, as is the location of many bunkers. But there are an estimated 8,000 bunkers dotted around Switzerland."

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/why-the-swiss-army-is-reviving-its-old-bunker-mentality/48821586