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A lot of the middle east use some sort of stone or mud/dirt. Partly because lumber is not as plentiful and earthquakes are not much of a thing. Plus concrete
by novok 6y ago
A lot of the middle east use some sort of stone or mud/dirt. Partly because lumber is not as plentiful and earthquakes are not much of a thing. Plus concrete / stone has better sound privacy characteristics and doesn't catch on fire.
- einpoklum 6y agoActually, earthquakes _are_ a thing in eastern Palestine - it's right next to this major fault line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-African_Rift_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-African_Rift_Valley we have very-minor earthquakes occasionally, and I think a major earthquake once a century or so.