Border Wall Effectiveness

The cluster centers on debates about the effectiveness and construction of physical border walls, comparing them to alternatives, discussing materials like brick and concrete, load-bearing issues, leakage, tunneling countermeasures, and prototype testing.

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Sample Comments

Hello71 Dec 25, 2018 View on HN

doesn't the wall work just as well?

jjs Oct 22, 2009 View on HN

Careful, that's a load-bearing wall...

nicolashahn Dec 8, 2021 View on HN

sometimes, you can build different walls

Para2016 Mar 20, 2017 View on HN

Maybe it doesn't penetrate through the walls entirely - perhaps just the outsides? Sort of analogous to constructing a wide brick wall with the interior filled with rubble?

throwmeback Jan 2, 2019 View on HN

doesn't it seem to be more effective than a wall actually?

LinuxBender Nov 13, 2018 View on HN

There is already a wall. This may be a case of something leaking through it.

elliottcarlson Dec 27, 2017 View on HN

It would mostly depend on what is in the walls

ruined Sep 10, 2021 View on HN

luckily, existing walls of known construction are widely available

worthless-trash Jul 16, 2024 View on HN

That requires putting holes int he walls, doesnt it?

drowsspa Nov 14, 2023 View on HN

Sounds like you just need thicker walls