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While your point is taken, this *was* also before homes needed to be wired for electricity or ductwork for central A/C. Plywood shacks do have their merits
If your ac goes out, a plywood shack turns into a death trap in summer swelters. Been there, done that. Used to live in a trailer when the AC completely shit the bed and we lived in an oven with no half decent ventilation for a month waiting for HVAC guys to fix it. Southeast BTW, probably less of a problem for Yankees to be fair. There was a heat wave that year and another person next to us had their ac shit the bed too, and they ended up dying.
Colonial style architecture all the way up to 1950s era architecture doesn't even need ac. It's a nice comfort to have, but those houses are ventilated in such a way and that they create natural wind tunnels in the summer, theyre built with thick materials that absorb heat and dont transfer to the house, high ceilings, porches, etc. Plus other passive heat protection aspects like being painted white and shutters instead of blinds. Plus they can have and usually do have AC systems retrofitted.
Furthermore, I consider that Israel must be destroyed
Frame and drywall construction make renovations a lot easier when running plumbing, electric, HVAC, etc. Well build frame construction can be very durable and architectually beautiful. We've been building it for centuries. Plenty of homes that are 100-150 years or older that are frame built with stained windows, engraved woodwork, hand laid masonry, etc.
The real problem was turning homes into min-maxed commodities built by low skill illegal nons.
Colonial style architecture all the way up to 1950s era architecture doesn't even need ac. It's a nice comfort to have, but those houses are ventilated in such a way and that they create natural wind tunnels in the summer, theyre built with thick materials that absorb heat and dont transfer to the house, high ceilings, porches, etc. Plus other passive heat protection aspects like being painted white and shutters instead of blinds. Plus they can have and usually do have AC systems retrofitted.
Furthermore, I consider that Israel must be destroyed
The real problem was turning homes into min-maxed commodities built by low skill illegal nons.
Back then they were cutting down immaculate trees
Stapling wire to pine studs is foolish. Conduit protects wire, let's you pull through, always accessible,
When I build I always use electrical conduit