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That tower isn't even the worst example, though. Philly is flooded with this kind of crap now: https://billypenn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/DSC_0484-10...

Really low quality builds, random stupid rectangles, you can hear everything your neighbor does, yadda yadda yadda. The market is so ridiculous, they can build it as cheap as possible and somebody will snatch it up no matter what.

A lot of them are quite big and use wooden frames, even though they're not really supposed to, because of a loophole with fire-retardant treated wood. There will likely be some major disasters in the next decade.



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