>live in america>live in area thats known for hurricanes>build cardboard house>hurricane strikes>cardboard house is gone to Oz>now homeless and forever poorExplain this shit
The absolute worst part is that they'll still spend top dollar to live there. I would risk living in a flood/hurricane area if it were dirt cheap, that just makes sense to me, but to STILL spend half a million dollars for a property there is just downright retarded.
>>2891705>live in kommieblock shithole soulless apartments>unemployed because you country has a smaller gdp than applebees>shitpoast on a basket weaving forum about a place youve never beenexplain this shit
>>2891705Cheap, quick and easy is the american way for everything.
>>2891710And yet the commieblock built on a budget of like $10k to house 100 people is still standing after 50 years, while the McMansion housing a family of 4 built for $500k is flattened every 15-20 years.
You mean like Florida? Most houses here are made out of block, and the building code requires specific hardware to securely attach the roof. A lot of properties also have mounts for storm shutters to attach ahead of the hurricane. Unless you happen to be directly in the path of a tornado or your roof is really old and beat you're not suffering much wind damage.However, I agree the people on the coast are insane. The storm surge and flooding are no joke.
no one ever thinks they're going to lose russian roulette
>>2891732I’ll believe they’ve done anything significant to solve any of the problems when they don’t issue evacuation orders for class 5 hurricanes anymore.The reasons are probably to churn/cycle real-estate for money laundering, sink funds (steal) into clean-up and rebuilding.I don’t consider these retarded building codes a form of direct population control, since since orders of magnitude more people die of things like fentanyl overdosing, which is more effective and predicable.
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>>2891719no sane person with even a slight amount of money wants to live in a commieblock.
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>>2891706Half a million?
>>2891710God I wish there were hurricanes to flatten some of these commieblocks. Can we arrange a trade
>>2891705>have low self esteem>want to feel better than someone else>make pointless thread on anonymous message board shitting on others>hope others will agree>some do, feel a tiny bit better>wears off quickly>heroes Let's face it, this is why you make threads like this. There's no confusion in your head about anything you stated. You're only confused about why your life is garbage and you have no idea how to fix it. Enjoy the five seconds of tiny pleasure from seeing (you).
>>2891705>build another cheap cardboard house out pocket>don't be sad because old one was too old and somewhat moldy anyway
>>2891970Whats the scale for commieblock destruction?
>>2891705Its how our economy works, bang it up and tear it down. I can’t speak for hurricanes but in certain subdivisions people are living in structures that I would call house shaped. Exterior walls are studs with a strap for shear, layer of pink foam and then siding. You could literally punch through a stud space, but when things break or rot (all the time) somebody gets paid to fix it.
>>2891705More like>be american>live in place known for hurricanes>can build a fully brick house that will get flooded or cardboard house on stilts >know you will get fucked over by insurance either way>choose the cheaper option>sell whatever is left of land to chinese developers who don't know about hurricanes >player #2 steps in>repeat
I swear, in the weeks since the LA fires I've seen nonstop online talk about American "cardboard" and "matchstick" homes. 95% of it is from people who have never built a chicken coop in their life, let alone a house.You have to take into account local climate, materials, labor, house size, income, extreme weather, and factors like path dependency.For example, I've seen Euros go on about how their 70 year old solid concrete home is "so insulated and warm". Unless that building has external insulation applied, that's down to climate differences and the fact that you likely have neighbors directly on either side of you, as only 30% of Europeans live in detached houses.IDK what the point of this rant is, as it's probably a good thing if people start demanding more durable housing. Perhaps I'm just tired of being told that we all live in paper mache sheds by people living in a 50 m^2 apartment who haven't even set foot in North America.
>>2892116Compare places with similar climate then
>>2891705They want big houses but don't want to pay for it. So they use toothpicks and pressed wood chips. I saw some rich retired boomer buy a plot next to mine and put an ICF house, complete with basement and everything, that thing is a house shaped bunker, even the roof is made of concrete, the walls are thick and solid and insulated from both sides, really nice stuff.
>>2892116This is just an idea, but euros didnt have the kind of mortgage for their 1700s timberframe that modern housing requires. There so much money to be had in construction/home loans that maybe the ones actually executing new construction are looking for whatever passes as a house. In order to build a lasting monument that will hold for 100+ years I imagine it will end up being a personal loss at the end.
>>2891970Literally won't happen because they aren't make from sticks and paper, shartmeribrown
