My apologies, I'm actually calling your cities' planning department liars! But buildings in Japan are all of surprisingly cheap construction, low quality (they

My apologies, I'm actually calling your cities' planning department liars! But buildings in Japan are all of surprisingly cheap construction, low quality (they have like no insulation), in earthquake danger zones, and safe. They're definitely not all high rises, but some of them are. The specific building type popular in California now is called "5-over-1" and is earthquake safe. It's a 4-5 story wooden apartment sometimes with mixed use commercial at the ground floor. (The name "5-over-1", confusingly enough, refers to sections of the fire code and is not the number of floors.)