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Those USA ones would be a 2-3 centuries old at most, no? When living in EU, there was a church about 5 minutes waking distance that was ~900 years old lol

• ghaff 2y ago
  My house is over 200 years old which isn't really rare for the area of the country where I live. Yes, it's had a sequence of renovation/expansion work over the years--the last of which this summer actually involved chimney brickwork. Why should I care if it lasts 900 years or not?
  • Insanity 2y ago
    Not saying you should - just replying to the “plenty of old buildings in the US” statement. As it goes - 100 miles is a long distance in Europe, while 100 years is a long time ago in America. From my lens, a building that is 200 years old is not really all that old.
    • ghaff 2y ago
      And Japan even has a much more normalized practice of knocking down a house and building a new one if you buy it. Europe is probably the outlier of routinely preserving residences through centuries--and I suspect it's not really that universal even there. I've extensively modified and upgraded my house since I've bought it. Even so, I'm sure there are aspects (e.g. one small bathroom) that would give many buyers pause.
      • Insanity 2y ago
        It depends - parts of Europe allow you to knock down and change the part of the house that is not visible from the street. So the facade (“Frontend”) from the street is maintained, but the “backend” is renewed.