Judging from the old towns where I grew up in in Europe, the problem isn't building a house that won't collapse for a 1000 years (a classic half-timbered house

Judging from the old towns where I grew up in in Europe, the problem isn't building a house that won't collapse for a 1000 years (a classic half-timbered house [0] will get you through most of the earthquakes to expect here for centuries). The problem is getting it through town fires [1], floods [2], and wars [3, 4]. [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Markgroeningen-rathaus2.jpg/800px-Markgroeningen-rathaus2.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ma... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary_Magdalene%27s_flood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary_Magdalene%27s_flood [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Magdeburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Magdeburg [4] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Luftbild_Freiburg_1944.jpg/800px-Luftbild_Freiburg_1944.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Lu...