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Why do Americans live in houses made out of wood in 21st century?
by baybal2 6y ago
Why do Americans live in houses made out of wood in 21st century?
- claydavisss 6y agoWhat does that have to do with anything? The house wasn't visibly damaged after the incident.
- ChrisLomont 6y agoBecause they didn't cut down all their trees centuries ago like most places that don't have lots of current wooden houses. It's still cheap and durable to build wood framed houses in America.
- anonAndOn 6y agoBecause they are cheaper to build, flex in an earthquake and are relatively easy to modify in a country obsessed with 'home improvement'.
- skrtskrt 6y agoModern particle-board (cheap material houses) provide significantly less time to get out in case of a fire than much older, sturdier wood construction however. "Research shows that 30 years ago, you had about 17 minutes to escape a house fire. Today it's down to three or four minutes. The reason: Newer homes and the furniture inside them actually burn faster." https://www.today.com/home/newer-homes-furniture-burn-faster-giving-you-less-time-escape-t65826 https://www.today.com/home/newer-homes-furniture-burn-faster...
- rmk 6y agoWood is abundant (in America and many other new-world countries) and well-suited for building dwellings. You build with what's cheap and robust. Even in the 21st Century, economics rules.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoModern, fire-resistant material can protect you from fires. But what building material can protect you from yourself? I think that's the whole point of the article.