• chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Yes, it’s the material of our walls that’s the problem in American hospitals. You nailed it. Everyone can pack it in, we know what needs fixing now. /s

    BTW, y’all use bricks cause you wiped out all your trees, not cause you’re better than anyone. Paper, sheetrock, and wood are all perfectly acceptable building materials, assuming you haven’t already ripped up all the trees. They’re also quite a bit easier to work with and build, too.

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      2 months ago

      While I admit that wood is a perfect fine building material building out of stone is just more durable.

      And in the USA they build paper thin houses out of wood, because no high quality standards exist and it is cheap. In Germany even houses out of wood are pretty durable and have higher quality than the average usa house.

      • We tend to demolish anything old and build something brand new, unlike a lot of Europe, too. Which I would think ends up costing more than fixing up an existing structure, depending on how well it was built in the first place. Or the craziest shit: Build a new house with old wood from a boat (shiplap).