stackyFACTSShoddy real estate development is an ancient tradition.
Shoddy real estate development is an ancient tradition. In urban centers, developers threw together massive multi-story apartment buildings known as 'insulae' using the cheapest possible timber and mudbrick. These ancient tenements were notoriously unstable and prone to spontaneous structural failure. Landlords collected exorbitant rents from residents while fully acknowledging the building might casually pancake at any given moment.
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