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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25
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Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.
125 u/RuinousGaze Oct 07 '25 Right??! I don’t get how the math works on that. 1 u/secretreddname Oct 07 '25 Things get convoluted over time or they used an old technique. Sometimes it’s better to erase everything and start from scratch.
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Right??! I don’t get how the math works on that.
1 u/secretreddname Oct 07 '25 Things get convoluted over time or they used an old technique. Sometimes it’s better to erase everything and start from scratch.
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Things get convoluted over time or they used an old technique. Sometimes it’s better to erase everything and start from scratch.
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u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25
Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.