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Building in earthquake territory generally increases costs by at least 2x. Ignoring private land rights also generally helps but costs.


> Building in earthquake territory generally increases costs by at least 2x

Japan. Most of Europe.


Japan, sure. But Japan deals with it by going in the opposite direction: most new structures are intended to be temporary, replaced with a few decades.

Most of Europe? No, just the southern part near the tectonic plate boundaries. Which also just happen to be the most expensive parts to build in Europe...so thanks for helping to prove my point.




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