You are talking about a straw of zero wall thickness right? A real straw should be homo-whatever to a torus
https://www.nzz.ch/english/nzz-publishes-long-hidden-photos-of-1989-tiananmen-square-protest-ld.1709973And of course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre
I don't get what you mean by front-loaded. Wouldn't there be less impervious surface if the house was closer to the street/ driveway shorter?
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