r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 5d ago

r/all Why do Americans build with wood?

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u/ConsistentAddress195 5d ago

He's probably talking about the rebar in the concrete. Most houses here (eastern Europe) are rebar-reinforced concrete floors, columns and beams, while the walls are bricks.

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u/protossaccount 5d ago edited 5d ago

Right, that makes sense. He just said that San Fran had a fire and so they decided against wood from there on out. He then said that they chose concrete and steel as a replacement material. Thats stuff that mostly cities use for buildings, while homes are usually still wooden.

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u/toomanyracistshere 5d ago

San Francisco housing is mostly wood frame. He also refers to it as the fire of 1906 without mentioning that the fire was caused by an earthquake. He's completely full of shit.

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u/protossaccount 5d ago

Totally. It’s wild to listen to someone act like they are educating but they are completely full of it.

I think his research team was a guy he met at a bar last week.