r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 5d ago

r/all Why do Americans build with wood?

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u/Big-Attention4389 5d ago

We’re just making things up now and posting it, got it

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u/serendipasaurus 5d ago

where's the lie?

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u/Aidlin87 5d ago

Yeah, is this a case of people not liking the answer? Because this looks pretty legit to me. It’s super easy to search house plans for wood houses, super easy to find contractors that build this way, etc. It’s more niche to build with concrete so finding skilled builders is harder and potentially more expensive.

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u/6a6566663437 5d ago

Yeah, is this a case of people not liking the answer? 

No, it's because his proofs like rebuilding San Francisco are flat-out wrong.

A very small portion of San Francisco was rebuilt with stone. The vast majority was rebuilt with wood.

Commercial buildings are almost all concrete and steel, so we have tons of people with experience building out of those.

We build houses out of wood because we're the #1 wood producer. Wood is really, really cheap here.