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> Inevitably when the big one hits [...] earthquake resistant architecture will be the natural transition.

You'd think, but after the 1906 earthquake, building codes were actually relaxed because it was taking too long to rebuild the city after it was destroyed, and residents and city government were getting impatient. Would history repeat itself if/when this happens again? Probably?



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