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Shitty old town starter pack (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cheddar actually made a good video on this topic. The US switched to wood during the postwar boom because it was faster and cheaper to build houses and buildings out of wood, because wood is abundant here.