usually on stilts....but there is a new thing coming out where your house floats on a giant dingy....alterantivley there are wet one
in areas which receive heavy rainfall it tends to flood. so houses are built on stilts far away from the flood waters.
How the Heck would i know if i cant find any information
To find reviews on insurance companies who offer products for houses prone to flooding, one should try a price comparison site such as Money Supermarket. Try companies such as Aviva.
They need to find a way to introdude flood plain zoning. This would mean no houses or important buildings being build at areas of high risk of flood. The last flood caused so much damage because the area right next to the wivenhoe dam was buillt on, and destroyed immediatly. This might be difficult to do though, because while it's easy to not build on certain areas, it's difficult to change the land that has already been built on.
The National Flood Insurance Program has a lot of great flood insurance information on their website. That should point you in the right direction. FEMA has some information on flood insurance on their website...although if their coverage is as good as their response to Hurricane Katrina, you might want to go somewhere else...
This is because poor people mostly live in rural areas and cannot afford brick houses along with proper cement. This is why they find it much more feasible to use "mud" and brick.
you have to complete the missions on the various areas. e.g. you will find that the houses in LOs Santos are already unlocked because this is the first place you enter. As you complete missions and enter new areas of San Andreas, houses will become unlocked :)
Sri Lanka has many of the same type of houses that any other country has. There are apartments, houses made of brick, houses made of wood, and houses made of stone. There are also impoverished areas of Sri Lanka where the people live in ramshackle houses made of anything they can find.
Houses with outdoor gardens can be found all over the world but, are rare in areas with high population such as in large city centers. Houses located in suburbs and in the country are more likely to have an outdoor garden.
Luxury houses can be found all over the world. Every country offers areas and houses of great Luxury. In London if you're looking for a luxury house you can find them in areas like Knightsbridge, Mayfair, Park Lane, Picadilly, Marble Arch
You would find a slaughterhouse in Somerville
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