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It's not knee jerk thinking. Even turkey has nominally strict building codes because of all the previous earthquakes. And it s not like it s running out of land
by seydor 4y ago
It's not knee jerk thinking. Even turkey has nominally strict building codes because of all the previous earthquakes. And it s not like it s running out of land to build. Nobody in this region thinks it could possibly be a good thing to skirt building codes. Earthquakes are frequent enough to be constant reminders of it
- roenxi 4y agoErdogan has previously appeared in videos where he proudly boasted about how he allowed people to skirt building codes. I think there are a lot of people who think it could possibly be a good thing. Otherwise he wouldn't have been giving speeches about it. He's possibly misjudged the cost-benefits; it'd hardly be the first time people have made big mistakes. But we should at least have solid evidence of that before jumping to conclusions.