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		Spooky23 on Jan 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to design a house to last 1000 years That may be more of a typical “newer stuff is garbage”. I live in upstate NY, arguably a nastier climate, and it’s not atypical to see 19th century buildings with intact slate roofs.

PaulDavisThe1st on Jan 5, 2022 [–]

I think the roofers would have said "oh, and the upstate NY stuff is pretty good too". The slate I've looked at in detail in PA really is pretty bad. It just isn't as dense as the welsh stuff in the UK.

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