07-31-2023, 03:10 PM
(07-31-2023, 01:38 PM)ac3r Wrote: It really comes down to what you expect and what you are willing to pay for. There's no reason we can't build quality buildings in an efficient way - we used to do it no problem, just look at the skyscrapers we put up all over this continent nearly 100 years ago. They're beautiful buildings and will last as long as the pyramids in Egypt have. But those invested in development these days don't really care about the longevity and quality of the product. That's why so many developers go with precast junk these days. So entirely prefab buildings are likely going to be much worse because it's still quite costly to build them with quality in mind.
Used to do it no problem? We, as humans, built many great things fairly efficiently using slave labour. This continent's century old skyscrapers were built with a complete lack of health and safety regulations, where deaths were common and expected. Are you suggesting we roll back to these times, with your digs at union workers? These skyscrapers and other beautiful, quality buildings are fairly irrelevant anyways, since they were never built to house the masses, but were for the elite and upper classes. The housing for the masses were historically awful and haven't survived, and buildings for the wealthy are not emblematic of the way "things used to be".
I don't completely disagree with the points here, but it's not so black and white.