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Not to mention, a house built in china will last maximum about 5 years before completely falling apart. They are built extremely poorly with poor materials. Th

by hilyen 8y ago

Not to mention, a house built in china will last maximum about 5 years before completely falling apart. They are built extremely poorly with poor materials. There are entire “ghost cities” of empty housing only a few years after being built, completely dilapidated.

metalliqaz 8y ago
Not disputing that they are cheap, but most buildings will be dilapidated after 5 years if they are completely ignored.
- seanmcdirmid 8y ago
  Even buildings that are not ignored often look dipolated in China. The apartment I was last living in was a 2010ish, considered a nice place, but you could already see some concrete crumbling and of course, Beijing is a dingy place because of the sand and dirt. I think most residential construction in China has a shelf life of around 30 years before they have to tear it down and do it again. This is because they favor labor intensive but skills light concrete techniques that require a bit of overbuilding. That way, they can keep uneducated migrant workers employed.
mikestew 8y ago
Your second sentence doesn't necessarily support the first paragraph. Houses that aren't lived in, by my observation, rapidly deteriorate no matter the build quality. Old widow dies, and house is tied up in estate arguing for a few years: no one wants it now. Critters get in, it's all closed up with no circulation, all that little shit that niggles at you as a homeowner each weekend starts to add up after a while if you don't take care of it.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  These are concrete structures, 20 stories tall, that are collapsing in less than a decade. This isn't a case of lack of maintenance, but poor construction trying to goose GDP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E
  - mikestew 8y ago
    Thanks for the link, that clarifies the point enough to nullify my comment. For those playing at home, there's some point-making stuff around 4:18.
    - mistermann 8y ago
      ADVChina is a really good channel., they've traveled extensively throughout China, you can learn a lot from watching their videos that you'd likely never encounter in mainstream news.
withhighprod 8y ago
Seems I and my family are extremely lucky to live in 10 houses that didn’t collapse for the last 10-15 years. Oh shoot our whole apartment community (50 buildings) is lucky! How can such a mind blowing ignorance comment not being downvoted?

by hilyen 8y ago

metalliqaz 8y ago

Not disputing that they are cheap, but most buildings will be dilapidated after 5 years if they are completely ignored.

seanmcdirmid 8y ago
Even buildings that are not ignored often look dipolated in China. The apartment I was last living in was a 2010ish, considered a nice place, but you could already see some concrete crumbling and of course, Beijing is a dingy place because of the sand and dirt. I think most residential construction in China has a shelf life of around 30 years before they have to tear it down and do it again. This is because they favor labor intensive but skills light concrete techniques that require a bit of overbuilding. That way, they can keep uneducated migrant workers employed.

mikestew 8y ago

Your second sentence doesn't necessarily support the first paragraph. Houses that aren't lived in, by my observation, rapidly deteriorate no matter the build quality. Old widow dies, and house is tied up in estate arguing for a few years: no one wants it now. Critters get in, it's all closed up with no circulation, all that little shit that niggles at you as a homeowner each weekend starts to add up after a while if you don't take care of it.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
These are concrete structures, 20 stories tall, that are collapsing in less than a decade. This isn't a case of lack of maintenance, but poor construction trying to goose GDP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E
- mikestew 8y ago
  Thanks for the link, that clarifies the point enough to nullify my comment. For those playing at home, there's some point-making stuff around 4:18.
  - mistermann 8y ago
    ADVChina is a really good channel., they've traveled extensively throughout China, you can learn a lot from watching their videos that you'd likely never encounter in mainstream news.

withhighprod 8y ago

Seems I and my family are extremely lucky to live in 10 houses that didn’t collapse for the last 10-15 years. Oh shoot our whole apartment community (50 buildings) is lucky! How can such a mind blowing ignorance comment not being downvoted?