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Re:Evergrande has defaulted on its debt, Fitch Ratings says by sulam on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:24AM (#29497639)
You do know that the R value of air is better than bricks, right? And repairing sticks and dry wall is a small job for the weekend vs needing to call out a mason?

My house is over 90 years old and has had two remodels, with a third being done now. It will easily last 100 more barring some disaster.

Cheaper does not always mean better. I’d be fascinated to see what your house does in an 8.0 earthquake, but for your sake not while you’re inside of it.

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Re:Evergrande has defaulted on its debt, Fitch Ratings says by PeterisP on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:16PM (#29502369)
Most places have never experienced an 8.0 earthquake and never should - if you live in an earthquake area (like Japan) then sure, that is going to dominate architecture choices, but it's not relevant elsewhere. The largest ever recorded 'shaking' in my city is 4.0 IIRC, which was caused by a far away 6.0 earthquake.
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Re:Evergrande has defaulted on its debt, Fitch Ratings says by k8sToGo on Thursday December 09, 2021 @09:37AM (#29497766)
My house does nothing, because I can't afford a house :(

I would also prefer a house of sticks than no house ;)

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