US houses are notoriously not as well built as in other places in the world. Where I live at the moment for instance is concrete all around, including the roof. I would be surprised if this falling on it would do anything at all and surely wouldn’t penetrate.
Sure, but that concrete would break up in case of earthquake and kill a lot of people with debris. US houses are much safer in case of earthquake which is much more likely than space debris.
There are places in the US that that type of build is the norm.
Beyond that, “better built” in what sense? I’ve lived in the places that are built like bunkers (literally; Guam builds for direct typhoon hits). They are fine, but aren’t built for earthquakes, energy efficiency, or any other metric that’s more relevant in other parts of the world.
ornornor|1 year ago
itsoktocry|1 year ago
I bet you could count on one hand the number of places in the world that, on average, have higher building standards than the US.
>Where I live at the moment for instance is concrete all around, including the roof.
Is the ability to stop space junk your measure here? Are we building homes or bunkers?
Vecr|1 year ago
bluGill|1 year ago
CobaltFire|1 year ago
Beyond that, “better built” in what sense? I’ve lived in the places that are built like bunkers (literally; Guam builds for direct typhoon hits). They are fine, but aren’t built for earthquakes, energy efficiency, or any other metric that’s more relevant in other parts of the world.