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Re:The Making of a $500M Mansion in L.A. by davidw on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @07:02PM (#10550353)
My Italian friends and relatives are always a bit shocked by that, in the US. "Real" houses are made of bricks and mortar where they're from.
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Re:The Making of a $500M Mansion in L.A. by bagels on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @07:10PM (#10550382)
Plywood is a lot better than unreinforced masonry in an earthquake.
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Re:The Making of a $500M Mansion in L.A. by davidw on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @07:18PM (#10550404)
Yeah. I don't care too much one way or the other, myself. I do miss having a house heated by radiators rather than forced air, though.
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