These kind of comments are so irritating. Same kind of attitude living in the Bay Area and some people scoff at how parts of the country use Air Conditioning.

These kind of comments are so irritating. Same kind of attitude living in the Bay Area and some people scoff at how parts of the country use Air Conditioning. Wood is a perfectly fine for homes. You can build long lasting and efficient homes using it and in fact engineered wood is showing up in some high rise construction. Wood is historically cheap here where as in parts of Europe it is quite costly.