> Most competently-constructed buildings and bridges today could last for a thousand years. That's not even remotely true. Without continual maintenance most o

> Most competently-constructed buildings and bridges today could last for a thousand years. That's not even remotely true. Without continual maintenance most of them would collapse in 100 years, maybe 200 on the outside. But that's not really the point. The real estate market is quite a different beast driven primarily by scarcity of space and location desirability.