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yrro on Aug 16, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: A 61-year-old hotel that has never had a guest

Tearing down monstrosities doesn't seem all that worse to filling the holes back in to me!

seanmcdirmid on Aug 16, 2015 | [–]

A lot of waste and air pollution. Construction and demolition alone contributed heavily to Beijing's bad air quality.

Dylan16807 on Aug 16, 2015 | [–]

Compare "paying migrant workers to dig holes" vs. "paying migrant workers to dig and fill in holes". When you do both up front, you won't have to pay to fix things.

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