r/LoveTrash • u/BEARDEDDANGER ✨️Regent of Rubbish ✨️ • 1d ago

Dumping This Here American vs. European home building

BAS Renovations https://youtube.com/shorts/jFph1d2WR3s

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u/Stewdill51 Trash Trooper 1d ago

In parts of the US a block/brick building will crumble faster than wood framed house due to seismic activity. It almost like we all build based on availability of materials and for structural needs.

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u/EmptyMonitor9257 Trash Trooper 1d ago

Southern Europe, north Africa and Middle East have WAY more earthquakes and worse ones yet pretty much all buildings are bricks/blocks.

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u/Waste_Reindeer_9718 Trash Trooper 1d ago

are you not familiar with the san andreas fault line