# Why not more “leaning” buildings?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-more-leaning-buildings/665618>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-more-leaning-buildings/665618 "2013-08-07T19:16:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-more-leaning-buildings/665618/21 "2013-08-09T14:22:08Z")

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> [@njtt](#):
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> What is remarkable about the Tower in Pisa is not so much that it leans, but that, despite the fact that it visibly leans, it has not actually fallen down. Most other buildings that developed noticeable leans quite soon ceased to be buildings at all.

[Here’s](http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-13+story-building-tips-over-in-shanghai/) an extremely leaning apartment tower in China.

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-more-leaning-buildings/665618/22 "2013-08-09T16:52:24Z")

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Might as well link to the [Leaning Tower of South Padre](http://www.rioleo.org/an-engineers-nightmare-ocean-tower-south-padre-island.php)

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-more-leaning-buildings/665618/23 "2013-08-09T17:21:44Z")

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> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> [Here’s](http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-13+story-building-tips-over-in-shanghai/) an extremely leaning apartment tower in China.

Not any more.

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-more-leaning-buildings/665618/24 "2013-08-09T19:20:03Z")

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The central line of columns in Notre Dame cathedral is crooked, because the ground moved over the X hundred years it took to build it.

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