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Another landslide in the Hollywood Hills (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Apr 2024
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why in the heck would someone building a home smack underneath a cliff with loose soil?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Apr 2024
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AllaN01Bear
(23,042 posts)1. not brand new house now.
JoseBalow
(5,152 posts)4. He ain't pretty no more
cilla4progress
(25,903 posts)2. Yikes!
Wouldn't want to be the house on top, either!
Srkdqltr
(7,660 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
(10,197 posts)6. why in the heck would someone building a home smack underneath a cliff with loose soil?
Old Crank
(4,645 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.