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Utopia Talk / Politics / Why are US houses so flimsy?
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williamthebastard
rank | Mon May 18 07:11:45 I always wondered about articles about cars driving into homes in the USA. If you drive a car into a house in Europe, in most cases all thats going to happen is the car will get busted up. But its not uncommon to read about a car ending up in someones living room in US media. Then when I went to the USA, I saw close up that while homes look similar, they look flimsier, the walls look like theyre made of paper in comparison. The reason is, they are. Theyre all built of flimsy wood in a country full of forest fires and hurricanes, unlike Europe where brick houses are brick houses, not wooden houses with a brick facade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9vhlvoWmA4 |
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