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Another landslide in the Hollywood Hills (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Apr 2024
OP
why in the heck would someone building a home smack underneath a cliff with loose soil?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Apr 2024
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AllaN01Bear
(23,053 posts)1. not brand new house now.
JoseBalow
(5,182 posts)4. He ain't pretty no more
cilla4progress
(25,916 posts)2. Yikes!
Wouldn't want to be the house on top, either!
Srkdqltr
(7,667 posts)3. I have a hard time feeling sorry for people who build like that.
It's too bad for them but what a mess they leave behind for someone else to clean up in the future . All the building materials and all.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,199 posts)6. why in the heck would someone building a home smack underneath a cliff with loose soil?
Old Crank
(4,653 posts)5. Build on a pile of wet sand and dirt
Then be surprised when the thing collapses. There should be no building on those slopes. They were unstable before the houses were there.