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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Take a look at these nice "sustainable" apartment buildings they're building in France.

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Metal-Screened Housing And Offices Lead The Way For Sustainable Development
13 posted on 03/15/2013 5:32:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek
Looks like the French still haven't figured out retail. This arises out of the national habit of driving successful retailers out of the country ~ first the Jews, then the Huguenots, then the Jews again.
18 posted on 03/15/2013 5:42:47 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: cripplecreek

In Central Jersey, similar structures were maligned as the crime ridden “projects” (1960’s & ‘70’s)where indigents and welfare dependents resided. Most if not all of these structures have since been demolished in places like New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, etc. It was a bad idea then & now.


21 posted on 03/15/2013 5:45:12 PM PDT by wtd
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To: cripplecreek

Those look like some SuperMax facility.


26 posted on 03/15/2013 5:52:31 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: cripplecreek

Why does the Genesis song, “Get “Em Out By Friday” suddenly come to mind:

This is an announcement from Genetic Control:
“It is my sad duty to inform you of a four foot restriction on
Humanoid height.”

Extract from conversation of Joe Ordinary in Local Puborama
“I hear the directors of Genetic Control have been buying all the
Properties that have recently been sold, taking risks oh so bold.
It’s said now that people will be shorter in height,
They can fit twice as many in the same building site.
(they say it’s alright),
Beginning with the tenants of the town of Harlow,
In the interest of humanity, they’ve been told they must go,
Told they must go-go-go-go.”


29 posted on 03/15/2013 6:22:23 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cripplecreek

So how do you evacuate residents if the lower floors are on fire?

Also, very convenient for housebreakers; a built-in ladder to get them up to the windows of any apartment they choose.


40 posted on 03/15/2013 8:31:57 PM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: cripplecreek

I recently noticed similar buildings in Hawaii. I wonder how common they are now in N. America. It seems to me that they would be more “practical” in hot, sunny climes than in colder climates.


42 posted on 03/15/2013 11:12:11 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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