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Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

seismic activity

Tokyo seems to be doing just fine at building millions of homes in mid and high rises capable of not letting an empty plastic bottle fall over during earthquakes that made me sit down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Tokyo has a very low life expectancy for many of its residencies. Building regularly get torn down and replaced inside 30-40 years.