Because there is a local abundance of materials and skilled laborers. In the US you’d have trouble sourcing bricks and even more trouble hiring brick layers.

Because there is a local abundance of materials and skilled laborers. In the US you’d have trouble sourcing bricks and even more trouble hiring brick layers. If you visit the north east the oldest building (upto 400 odd years old) are stick+frame because thats what they had available when they got off the boat, the workforce and techniques grew from there. E.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_House_(Dedham,_Massachusetts) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_House_(Dedham,_Mas... Edit: corrected 450 -> 400