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Of course, if you had to deal with the incredibly poor quality of this housing for much time, you'd probably change your mind.
by microcolonel 8y ago
Of course, if you had to deal with the incredibly poor quality of this housing for much time, you'd probably change your mind.
- reaperducer 8y agoI'm not sure why you're being downvoted. The construction quality in mainland China is terrible. I've witnessed a lot of it, myself, but this video was posted on HN a couple of days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopSDJq6w8E As bad as that is, it only scratches the surface because they didn't actually go inside any of the buildings. It would be unimaginable for a building outside of the Chinese bubble to literally start collapsing upon itself after standing on its own for only three years.
- ubercow13 8y agoThe quality of housing many people can afford in London can be pretty terrible too, in its own way
- microcolonel 8y agoThe typical quality of newly constructed housing in these regions of mainland China is illegal in London, and increasingly alien to even the most wretched Londoner. It was international news when there was a serious fire in a tower recently in London, it's not news at all in some places.
- ubercow13 8y agoYes, of course safety is not comparable and is paramount in importance. However just in terms of the day-to-day experience of living in these places - I'm not so sure London has an obvious advantage.