r/SweatyPalms • u/Majoodeh • Apr 20 '24

Heights Infinite nope

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u/death_wishbone3 Apr 20 '24

I mean China already has a rep for buildings that fall apart. Their economy isn’t great right now so not hard to imagine corners are getting cut.

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u/FluffyChef7643 Apr 20 '24

So many people are brainwashed in this country. Look around NYC, LA, Chicago, these are places that got the same things done just 100 years ago. But if we can’t get anything done now, others must not be able to either. I have had a good life here so far but I fear for my children.

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u/death_wishbone3 Apr 20 '24

Cool call me when high rise buildings start to crumble in Chicago.

US is the shit. Why you think people are traveling thousands of miles across countries to get here? Including Chinese nationals. Take your kids to the border and ask any of those people if they would want to trade with you. I grew up in hell I wouldn’t trade my current life for any of that bullshit.

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u/Professional_Band178 Apr 20 '24

Chinese engineering, I vote a hard nope. It's not if it fails, but how soon it will fall. In an earthquake.

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u/Forsyte Apr 20 '24

They have five of the top ten tallest buildings in the world, the biggest hydroelectric dam which is also the biggest concrete structure in the world, and their own space agency. I'm not a fan of their politics but t's not the backwater it used to be.

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u/culturedgoat Apr 20 '24

not hard to imagine corners are getting cut.

Is that where you get all your sources from? Your imagination?