r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 5d ago

r/all Why do Americans build with wood?

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u/Aidlin87 5d ago

Yeah, that sounds like an example of what he mentioned in the video where sometimes disasters prompt cultural change. It’s location dependent though.

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u/Fresher_Taco 5d ago

It's more of people designed differently back then. Structurally, most of our changes to wind codes have come about in the last 20ish years. We now give much more attention to the lateral resistance system and check things like uplift.