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"Modern materials" doesn't necessarily mean the most durable or well-suited to the task. It typically means cheap to produce (therefore readily available) and v
by ics 11y ago
"Modern materials" doesn't necessarily mean the most durable or well-suited to the task. It typically means cheap to produce (therefore readily available) and visually... acceptable.
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoThe concrete China uses is pretty cheap actually, and the labor used to put it together is fairly unskilled. They have to build much thicker as a result, which leads to higher maintenance costs (which isn't done) and much quicker degradation.
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