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Re:$100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home by nxpnsv on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @02:38PM (#21262068)
Just imagine the house you could build from 500000 Vietnamese beers...
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Re:$100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home by hadlock on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:24PM (#21262591)
Heineken actually, briefly, ran an experiment where they made the bottles more rectangular, so that they could be filled with earth and then cemented together as glass bricks: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-heineken-bo...

Glass is a pretty good insulator and generally weather-proof, UV-resistant etc, and cheap to produce.

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Re:$100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home by davidw on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:30PM (#21262675)
I've visited this in person: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tom-kellys-bottle-house

It's kind of neat if you're ever in the area.

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Re:$100k/year still might not be enough to buy a home by mixmastamyk on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @03:50PM (#21262898)
> In Sima Valley, California

That's Simi.

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