• greenteadrinker@midwest.social
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    9 months ago

    I think it’s a joke that American houses (in the eyes of Europeans) are made out of sticks (stud framing in the house) and paper (drywall is made from gypsum and has a paper backing)

    In European countries, their houses are made of tougher materials like stone, concrete, or some other material I’m forgetting about

    It’s a known thing in America that stray bullets end up in people’s houses (and sometimes their residents) when it’s an American holiday like 4th of July or Memorial Day

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      9 months ago

      America tends to build with the cheapest materials. So wood framed houses are clad in wood or plastic

      Australia copied a lot from America. Our houses also are wood framed, but we use brick cladding and concrete tile roofs

      New tech is more available now. If I were to build today it would be out of foamed plastic and reinforced concrete (as insulated concrete forms). And I’d use tilt/swing windows

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        9 months ago

        yeah in some states like the Tornado Alley or California (earthquakes) ig that might actually make more sense since sometimes such materials might withstand more force than brick

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          9 months ago

          Not an issue in Australia, but I bet brick stops or slows bullets more than wood

          Our brick construction doesn’t do well in earthquakes. If a roof is going to fall on you, you don’t want it made of tiles