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>Steel and concrete is notorious for failing to meet even embarrassingly low longevity expectations.

What? Low quality work, yes, as it's true for all other materials and methods. There are steel and concrete buildings that have lasted 100 years so far just fine.

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> that have lasted 100 years so far just fine.

Which isn't terribly impressive, unless you assume zero maintenance conditions (which admittedly hit pretty much everything else harder than concrete)

It is impressive when you compare it to all the buildings built from wood framing.