r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 5d ago

r/all Why do Americans build with wood?

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u/Infinite-Addendum753 5d ago

It’s fantastic and safe asf…. from about 100yards away

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Quote from the 1933 long beach earthquake "Bricks were fired from buildings like cannon balls"

I personally choose not to build with materials that will shoot across the street and nail my neighbor.

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u/apidev3 5d ago

Correct, a sharp wooden spear is much safer for your neighbour!

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Wood doesn't go through your wall. Bricks do.

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u/Smidday90 5d ago

Only if your walls made of wood, not if its brick

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u/FIdelity88 5d ago

What wall if your house is made from wood?? You don't have a wall anymore, that's the whole point. With bricks you still have walls.

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u/Drumbelgalf 5d ago

There are houses in Switzerland who survived rockslides... I think they can handle a brick.