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On the other hand, following building codes is one of the major reasons why when natural disasters strike, people don't die by the thousands or millions any mor

• LeanderK 10y ago
  why i think this is important and true, there is often a tendency to over-regulate things, because for the regulator it's hard to decide what is necessary and important and what does more harm due to the regulatory overhead than the increased safety/whatever. Disclaimer: I don't think this is super bad and i am german. We love to regulate things. But i think if you spend all your live thinking about fire hazards in residential areas all you care about is fire hazards and it's hard to not do everything to prevent those (even if there is only a small possibility and it would increase panning prices quite a bit).
• mstodd 10y ago
  It's not because they were constructed to survive a natural disaster?
  • dmd 10y ago
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  • therealdrag0 10y ago
    His point is the codes require a certain stabilities so that they are "constructed to survive a natural disaster". Without the codes, people cut corners, and then later disaster strikes.