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posted by [identity profile] shouldberaining.livejournal.com at 06:45pm on 02/03/2010
Haiti also has the distinct disadvantage of being crappier than Chile in pretty much every metric. The building codes are just one example of a host of issues that contribute to their problems. I guess what I'm saying is that they have more to fix than just building codes and I see no clear path to them doing so anytime in the near future.

But as a lesson to the U.S. or other developed nations, this is a good one.
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 11:59pm on 02/03/2010
I'm not blaming the Haitians. (Turkey vs. Chile may be a better example: both are roughly as economically developed.)

But in a time where "removing government restrictions" is increasingly in vogue, it's important to remember that there are tremendous human costs to the collapse of our civic institutions, even something as simple and apparently worthless as building codes.
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posted by [identity profile] shouldberaining.livejournal.com at 02:31am on 03/03/2010
I can't argue with that.
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