The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else

Re:The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods t... by thedaemon on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:00AM (#15713083)

There are more people born each day (400,000 a day) than there are houses built each day (4,657 a day). So I'd say no, houses are harder to replace than people.

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Re:The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods t... by NiceGuy_Ty on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:08AM (#15713178)

You can replace a house to the extent that the old residents are happy with the new house. You can't really replace a deceased family member with someone else.

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Re:The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods t... by mdemare on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:15AM (#15713251)

I'm pretty sure more than 1.7M houses get built every year worldwide.

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Re:The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods t... by mcbits on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:19PM (#15714479)

If you count "dwellings" or "housing units" then surely yes. Many/most of those will be apartments and multi-tenant buildings rather than houses per se.

And then there are all the "houses" built from salvaged materials in poor countries. Not sure if you'd want to count those. A person living in such a structure would still be considered homeless in many places.

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Re:The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods t... by jwilk on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:58AM (#15713681)

Where did you get these numbers?

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