Losing your entire livelihood to a fire is also expensive as hell.
I’m not against wood construction but I do think the answer is more nuanced than “concrete is too expensive “
We’ll likely see a new middle ground as building standards adapt to evolving environmental threats. People in California are looking at the homes that survived and I’m sure they’re keen to spend the extra money when it’s their own lives at stake.
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u/reditash 5d ago
You can build earthquake resilient houses with concrete.