Comment by throw310822
1 day ago
The entire south and south-east of Europe has a similar seismic risk to most of California, and wooden houses are nowhere to be seen.
1 day ago
The entire south and south-east of Europe has a similar seismic risk to most of California, and wooden houses are nowhere to be seen.
In LA a lot of non-mansions were destroyed but plenty of them were modest to reduce overall cost initially because the area has always been expensive to build or live in, even for the original homes to be put up.
Then you have to consider how quickly development took place by comparison, and the collective degree of certainty among the original buyers on whether or not they would be able to afford to stay very long anyway.
So many come there just to give California a try since it's supposed to be the golden state, who are depending completely on the occurrence of good fortune within a limited amount of time before they would expect to return to states with less-expensive hometowns in mostly less fire-prone environments.
This would influence what kind of home they would expect to be suitable for their needs to begin with, and how long it might need to endure.