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Old Posted Dec 26, 2006, 9:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcu View Post
The difference is buildings in the west actually have to be profitable to be built. In China or Moscow or Dubai the government is whilling to take a loss just to get a trophy structure.

This type of a design would simply be too damn expensive for a mere tv tower. It would never pay itself off.
Cheap labor and relatively nonexistent (or at least, barely enforced) labor laws helps immensely.