Re:China’s State-Driven Growth Model Is Running Out of Gas
by rorykoehler on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:17AM
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I live in a HDB in Singapore and they are rock solid buildings. Way better than any of the apartment buildings I've lived in in the west. They are designed to be inhabited for 99 years (the length of the leasehold). I wouldn't be surprised if many are capable of lasting much longer.
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Re:China’s State-Driven Growth Model Is Running Out of Gas
by seanmcdirmid on Thursday July 18, 2019 @12:15PM
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Singapore mostly uses concrete, and it will crumble without the requisite maintenance (much faster than a western wooden, brick, or steel building). Overbuilding using cheap unskilled labor makes the maintenance problem worse, but not insurmountable.