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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by foobarian on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:07PM (#29418950)
Ah yes, Boston. No need to worry about what would happen to those 2, 3, and 4 story wood houses if they got a good shakeup at 5+ on the Richter scale.
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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by ethanbond on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:11PM (#29419011)
That’s why they build so small and spread out in Tokyo, and never with wood!
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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by foobarian on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:20PM (#29419171)
Never say never, recently there has been a spate of news about engineered wood beams looking like pretty capable replacements for steel. Example: [1]

[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/is-mass-timber-the-buildin...

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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by TYPE_FASTER on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:24PM (#29419237)
https://earthquaketrack.com/us-ma-boston/biggest

I remember that Sanbornton quake. We lived in rural NH. At first I thought it was the clothes washer...then the house really started shaking.

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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by RandallBrown on Thursday December 02, 2021 @01:00PM (#29419816)
Explain the thousands and thousands of new 2, 3, and 4 story wood houses in Seattle.

From my understanding wood is actually pretty good for earthquakes.

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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by ehutch79 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:23PM (#29419214)
It's not like developers in LA don't know how to build things resistant to seismic events.
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Re:Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in singl... by nluken on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:09PM (#29418983)
Right, that's why San Fransisco consists entirely of single story buildings.
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