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bobbyamillion t1_irhahs8 wrote

Real estate. Basements are too valuable to use the space for heaters and boilers. Buildings are supplied heat by century plus old cast iron pipes that leak all the time. Eventually the whole system will be replaced and it will be a part of city lore.

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isowater t1_irhbfcy wrote

I hope it doesn't get replaced it's the most efficient system we have. Old school district heating but steam instead of water

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