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> Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Yes > Is it on purpose Yes? Electrical wiring is built deliberately, of c
by lmm 2y ago
> Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground?
Yes
> Is it on purpose
Yes? Electrical wiring is built deliberately, of course it's on purpose. Where else would you put it, and why? You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain.
- wahnfrieden 2y agoYou wrote condescendingly without even apparently knowing why
- lmm 2y agoI did, and I'd do it again. The idea that someone might put up electricity cables not on purpose warranted it.
- pretzelhands 2y agoI'm not sure about your location, but around here (Austria) it is indeed much more common to have electrical wiring that runs through the ground than above air. The only place where you see wiring above ground is usually out in the rural areas.
- PinkMilkshake 2y ago> You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain. Yes, it's normal. It's called undergrounding.
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago> You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain. It is in my neck of the woods (the Netherlands) too, the only places you see overground electricity is high tension lines outside of towns. Here's a random suburb I just picked randomly, looks like it was built in the 80's: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7DeZiTyKuB4DZKdG8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/7DeZiTyKuB4DZKdG8. Or else Amsterdam, which is much older: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FWm6vYgbV5h2CkZu5 https://maps.app.goo.gl/FWm6vYgbV5h2CkZu5. I'd argue (based purely on gut feeling and handwaving) that having it out in the open is more expensive and dangerous; weathering, wind, trees, cars crashing into it, people climbing up into it, birds, etc. Anyway, your comment sounds like US defaultism, be wary of that.
- serf 2y ago>Anyway, your comment sounds like US defaultism, be wary of that. i'm a US citizen that is surrounded in underground electrical networks; i'm not sure there is really a 'US defaultist' stance on whether or not one prefers above or underground wiring.
- bondarchuk 2y agoIt depends a lot on the soil, in holland it is extraordinarily easy to bury stuff. Beware of netherlands defaultism ;)
- bondarchuk 2y agoWait, maybe I got that the wrong way around. We put long-distance cables in the air because the soil is so soft and thus mobile, and underground cables would break. Either one ;P
- lmm 2y agoHah, on the contrary, I thought what I was replying to was probably US defaultism. "Is it on purpose" indeed.