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One reason people make houses out of brick/concrete in poorer regions, is that there are many people living in the same house. And wood houses are terrible at b
by abdullahkhalids 7y ago
One reason people make houses out of brick/concrete in poorer regions, is that there are many people living in the same house. And wood houses are terrible at being soundproof, while brick/concrete houses are great at it.
Only in North America have I been told that I woke someone up in the middle of the night because I opened a door or got a glass of water from across the house because the house creaks and drums when you walk across it.
- iguy 7y agoMany American houses indeed have terrible sound-proofing. But placing a higher value on that surely isn't why people in poor countries build of concrete blocks. Wood is plentiful in the US, and labor is expensive, this is mostly what drives the difference.