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I don't mean double-wides, I mean quality modular houses.

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[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There really oughta be a hurricane-proof trend, like dome houses, and for the coastline, domes on stilts.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pensacola Beach, FL. It's survived loads of hurricanes since the 60s.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pensacola-futuro-house

OTOH, so have the single-story cinder block houses(the three in the middle and top left) from the 50s. Slap a new roof on and scrub it out, good to go. The stick houses are total losses. Apparently no one read The Three Little Pigs.

[-] acchariya@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

South Florida is full of these small cinder block houses because everything else gets wrecked and these survive. Sure, they might need some new roof sections, and maybe the drywall cut 4ft from the floor, but porcelain tiles on a concrete slab with cinder block walls is going to last until the rebar rots.

There's a house that just went up I saw which meets the recent Florida keys codes, and it is a goddamned fortress. It's on a lot that is raised 4 ft, the house is made of concrete and sits on 15+ ft concrete pilings, ceramic roof, and high impact windows all around. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/374-Mahogany-Dr-Key-Largo-FL-33037/104218949_zpid/

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I think they were onto something when they built the pyramids. Like, what's wrong with making smaller home sized pyramids? The big ones sure as hell proved to stand the test of time.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The inhabitants of the pyramids all died, though.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Design flaw. They forgot to make the doors openable.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 13 points 1 week ago
[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

You are literally suggesting living in a tomb.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Whether the pyramids were particularly intended as tombs or not, why the hell do dead people get structures that can last thousands of years? While the living people get to live in structures that if we're lucky, might tend to last a hundred years, and that's assuming they don't get blown apart in a hurricane or burned down or something.

Seems a bit back asswards if you ask me.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Because the requirements are different. Royalty inhabit places designed to last thousands of years (castles), and they are known to be dreadful to live in. Stone walkways and stairs wear and become uneven, shifting foundations create little gaps for drafts to flow in, modern conveniences are difficult to install, if possible at all.

It is better for living humans to inhabit spaces that can be replaced and updated over time. The dead need things to stay essentially the same, and they don’t wear down the areas they reside in.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

The dead don't need a damn thing though.

[-] Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The coast should be empty

[-] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

How about don't live where hurricanes keep happening? Crazy thought, I know.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago

That excludes where half the US population lives.

[-] db2@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago
[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Let’s move 100,000,000 people, what could go wrong?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I'm sure The Cherokee, Chocktaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Peoples could give us some pointers!

/dh

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

If it keeps getting hotter and the storms keep getting worse, we will find out. At the very least, property prices anywhere still liveable will likely become even more unaffordable.

[-] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 8 points 1 week ago

You act like there are hurricanes every year and they don't offer insurance anymore.

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