Is slate particularly popular in the US? In the UK most tiles are made of clay which are cheap and pretty durable. My neighbourhood is Victorian and I guarante

Is slate particularly popular in the US? In the UK most tiles are made of clay which are cheap and pretty durable. My neighbourhood is Victorian and I guarantee some of the houses here still have their original tiles. Some towns have slate roofs (e.g. the Lake District), but it's more expensive and a local aesthetic/tradition, more than anything else. Virtually nobody uses shingle roofs. To give an idea of the historic distribution, which is still pretty accurate: http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/claytile/pic_12.jpg http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/claytile/pic_12... Replacement prices, for example: https://local.which.co.uk/advice/cost-price-information-roofers-roofing-jobs https://local.which.co.uk/advice/cost-price-information-roof... An entire slate roof on a big house is around £12k max. I'm surprised that the difference isn't that much compared to clay, but I imagine most of the cost is labour.