I remember them. Been there, walked up them. The photo deliberately exaggerates the precariousness, but they are spicy steps.

Look, they can't all be bangers

Don't tell my wife I'm 5 7 😭

Do you mean vertically?

I think expense & population not feasibility is why we don't have them dotted all over.

Surely an underground rock bunker would be exactly what they're looking for? Very "evil villain" aesthetic.

I'm dubious of claims of being overdue. How solid is the science backing those claims?

Well, the upside is if taupo goes, I should get a good view being only a few hours away 😬

What's your definition of a skyscraper? We have a load of buildings over 150m high, 40+ stories.

We have fancy earthquake tech for our tall buildings, like counterweights.

We're the same as Japan, we're both on the "ring of fire", basically little scabs of islands where continents rub against each other.

Japan has loads of tall buildings. And concrete ones too.

"the island is toasts" lol.