why are most suburban houses in the US built with wood, instead of bricks and mortar?

Question

why are most suburban houses in the US built with wood, instead of bricks and mortar?

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Answer 1

Wood is much cheaper to build with in the US. It is possible for you to build two houses out of wood, for the price it would cost to make a single house out of bricks and mortar. As such, because in the overwhelming majority of cases wood is perfectly sufficient to make a house out of, it just makes sense economically.

While you may be seeing news reports about hurricanes and tornadoes destroying houses, those are powerful forces of nature that can also destroy houses made of bricks.