What do you know about houses built on mountain slopes in n.c. falling down?

I helped build them for 3 yrs. and I know of 3 in Maggie Valley and 3 in Allen's Creek that have fallen so far. Alady was killed in Mggie when hers fell. Of course hurricane Charlie took 30 in Franklin, N.C. If you stop and think about it, there's a reason the locals don't build on the slopes.Duh, think about it...You may think hillbillys are dumb but if you build or buy on a slope, they're smarter than you...lol....

What do you know about houses built on mountain slopes in n.c. falling down?
Anything built on a slope will have subsidence. It will need underpinning regularly too. Also, like you state, hurricanes, earthquakes, tremors etc. houses on slopes are the first to go.
Reply:The real problem is when the cardboard gets wet.
Reply:I guess the right way would be to level the land where the house is to be built. Another way I thought would have been to block it up instead of the stilt houses you see so often at the beaches. I am not an architect though.
Reply:It just depends on the area!





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Reply:Well, being that the mountains are being clearcut and there's excessive rain because of global climate change, I'd say anyone who builds a house on a mountain slope is pretty silly.





That goes for people who build on flood plains, and directly on the coast too. All of these places are vulnerable, especially when it rains or there are storms. Anyone who buys there must think that they can prevail over nature, which makes them an idiot, in my book.
Reply:that it happen's sometimes.
Reply:I saw this when I lived in California. I don't understand why people do this when there is a danger of losing their home. It makes no sense to me.