• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Basically that many houses in USA are made of wood, we can’t do that here, because the climate is too wet. So wood doesn’t last very long. That means we need to make brick houses. Brick houses are way more expensive to build than wood.
    Also many places in USA don’t require the same level of isolation.
    In large parts of Sweden they can make wood houses too, and their house prices are way lower than here.
    I’m not saying American houses are bad, but the climate in large parts of USA allows for more and cheaper options.