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OJFord on June 27, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: So you want to build a house more efficiently

But why is that better than brick, and (it being a lot harder to, sure, but) not needing to?

drewrv on June 28, 2021 [–]

Brick in Seattle is not great because we get earthquakes and brick tends to crumble.

There are some brick buildings, and there are some things you can do to reinforce them in preparation for an earthquake. But in general, wood is better.

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