alt Hacker NewsHy from Brazil... You know, a poor country.
We make single-level houses with a reinforced concrete structure, because it's cheap.
You know what isn't cheap? Wood. Wood is incredibly expensive to put into a shape, even if you are willing to cut forests down to get it.
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nradov • yesterday at 3:37 PM
Wood is incredibly cheap in North America. We're not cutting down forests for it, either. Much of the wood used for residential construction is milled from trees grown specifically for that purpose.
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This was surprising because here in the US, concrete is expensive to build with. I'm considering a build and by far log homes seem my cheapest option.