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Re:Rents for the rich are going down, rents for the poor are... by hoseja on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @02:21AM (#26551683)
Americans build shoddy wooden shacks that barely last a generation, you have to remember.
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Re:Rents for the rich are going down, rents for the poor are... by cudgy on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @04:42AM (#26564850)
Non-American homes are all well built estates that last for a thousand years and need no improvements. Asia and Africa are full of particularly well built estates.

Seriously...All homes must be maintained or they will deteriorate.

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Re:Rents for the rich are going down, rents for the poor are... by banannaise on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:30AM (#26567693)
America has ready access to a building material that many of these places don't: softwood. Softwood really just does not cut it if you're trying to build something that lasts hundreds to thousands of years. So they don't build for that.
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