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Re:Los Angeles is gearing up to ban wood-frame construction by roody15 on Sunday November 21, 2021 @04:36PM (#29299987)
Can confirm lived on tbe Big Island of Hawaii for three years. Almost all homes are made of wood with the houses literally standing on top of the volcanic rock or cement pilings. With frequent earthquakes (largest when I lived there was 6.8) the houses literally move, shake and flex.

Concrete just cracks and then crumbles.

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Re:Los Angeles is gearing up to ban wood-frame construction by revolvingocelot on Sunday November 21, 2021 @05:11PM (#29300254)
...and then has to be rebuilt, by a concrete company!!
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