Why are the houses in California built with wood while the houses in Boston with bricks?

Answer 1

The reason for the difference is, building materials. Out in CA. there is ample timber for stick frame homes. In the east it is cheaper to use brick and mortar.. I hope this helps.. Good Luck..

Answer 2

There are brick houses here, but wood is safer when the earth
shakes. We do live in earthquake territoty and the building
codes, especially now, are very restrictive for good reason.
If you look back at Loma Prieta, Northridge or the Paso Robles
earthquakes, a lot of damage and death occurred, and the un-
reinforced brick buildings that fell in Paso Robles killed a few people. Likewise the concrete structures that fell, like the Cypress
freeway that collapsed in Oakland, etc. I live in an old wood
frame house built in 1905, 15 miles north of San Francisco,
it made it thru the '06 earthquake and just rolled thur the Loma
Prieta, it creaked a little but no damage.

Answer 3

Houses in Boston aren't built exclusively with bricks(some MIGHT be somewhere, but don't know for sure). Boston is full of old homes built at the turn of the century and before. These homes are made of stone and brick. They are featured in various places, which may give the impression from an outsider that all homes are built like that.

Answer 4

Homes are built of wood and then faced with either brick or stucco. All homes have a basic wood structure. The "face" is whatever you choose it to be. That is how homes are built. You cannot build a home from brick alone anywhere that I know of unless you are building a cinder block home and who does that. I have no idea where you are getting your thoughts about home building from but it makes no sense. You have to first structure your home in wood so you can place your electrical, wiring, heating, air conditioning, insulation, etc. The exterior is done in plywood facings with Tyvek type wraps and then you decide whether you want your home to be brick or stucco or a siding of some sort usually vinyl these days. Better homes are done in brick or stucco.

Answer 5

think bout it....which is cheaper and quicker to rebuilt with.... Wood... bricks cost more, takes longer to built with, and is heavier. and California has more natural diesasters then Boston, so that's a good reason why wood is mostly used in California compared to Boston.

Answer 6

You go with what you know, I suppose. The first settlers set up shop in your area, and they moved west, I suppose they needed something that went faster than building a brick building. I am guessing, I really have no clue.

Answer 7

lady marmalade has the right answer. There ARE brick buildings in California, but fewer and fewer after each earthquake.

Answer 8

Because a lot of California is earthquake-prone and timber houses have better flexibility under quake conditions.

Answer 9

people in california like wood houses, maybe?.........or maybe no trees in boston...or even maybe the english built the houses!

Answer 10

Go with sushi. It doesnot get any better than that!

That is the way I figured too.