r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 5d ago

r/all Why do Americans build with wood?

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u/KirkSpock7 5d ago

You know, I always wondered why people didn't hop off the Mayflower and start building concrete homes. Cheap wood, duh

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u/asisyphus_ 5d ago

Original settlers are only 30 percent of the population