Burgled on wedding eve
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And this would be very much not true.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑ In SE Asia flooding is guaranteed. Not one or two houses, but everyone. Multiple times a year.
In over ten years living here, in multiple houses, my house has never been flooded. I know plenty of people have, but your statement is just silly.
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Would that be third or fourth floor and below?khmerhamster wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:32 amAnd this would be very much not true.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑ In SE Asia flooding is guaranteed. Not one or two houses, but everyone. Multiple times a year.
In over ten years living here, in multiple houses, my house has never been flooded. I know plenty of people have, but your statement is just silly.
I’ve lived in Bali,Bangkok,Chiang Mai,Phuket,Shanghai,Beijing,Cebu,Manila,Jakarta,Kuala Lumpur,Saigon and Phnom Penh actually mainly in houses and have NEVER been flooded?
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newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:15 am In SE Asia flooding is guaranteed. Not one or two houses, but everyone. Multiple times a year.
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It’s a great construction choice question.PSD-Kiwi wrote:newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:15 am In SE Asia flooding is guaranteed. Not one or two houses, but everyone. Multiple times a year.
Why choose to build in concrete - a material more difficult to work with, more difficult to modify over wood?
It apparently floods in Phnom Penh, judging from photos and news reports. Some houses are even raised and built on stilts.
Apparently all this is done because it never floods anywhere in Cambodia, as one poster claims based on where he lives.
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The traditional raised houses are not built like that because of flooding. It’s to provide a cool(er) shaded, semi open air living space on ground floor.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:29 pmIt’s a great construction choice question.PSD-Kiwi wrote:newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:15 am In SE Asia flooding is guaranteed. Not one or two houses, but everyone. Multiple times a year.
Why choose to build in concrete - a material more difficult to work with, more difficult to modify over wood?
It apparently floods in Phnom Penh, judging from photos and news reports. Some houses are even raised and built on stilts.
Apparently all this is done because it never floods anywhere in Cambodia, as one poster claims based on where he lives.
I would guess (and it is very much a guess) it could be because of the prevalence of wood termites here. And having seen the damage they can do very quickly I can see the logic.
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YOU claim flooding is guaranteed for every houses, multiple times a year, claims based on where you don't live. Untrue.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:29 pmIt’s a great construction choice question.PSD-Kiwi wrote:newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:15 am In SE Asia flooding is guaranteed. Not one or two houses, but everyone. Multiple times a year.
Why choose to build in concrete - a material more difficult to work with, more difficult to modify over wood?
It apparently floods in Phnom Penh, judging from photos and news reports. Some houses are even raised and built on stilts.
Apparently all this is done because it never floods anywhere in Cambodia, as one poster claims based on where he lives.
Of course some places are regularly flooded during the rainy season (especially september-october), but most of us living in Cambodia don't face flood at all.
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Those stilted houses are not built in the city anymore. Back at the start of the French Protectorate there were some devastating fires in the city and wooden houses were not allowed to be built in the central area for many decades.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:29 pm
It apparently floods in Phnom Penh, judging from photos and news reports. Some houses are even raised and built on stilts.
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That's a pretty insane generalization, considering that I've lived in Bangkok since 2006 and my house has never been flooded in that time. Not once, not multiple times, certainly not multiple times a year. Not once. There was ONE close call during those 17 years, in 2011 when we had severe flooding in many parts of Thailand.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:15 am In SE Asia flooding is guaranteed. Not one or two houses, but everyone. Multiple times a year.
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