@ British people

I have a question for you guys

You have brought it to my attention and many other Americans attention that our houses are very flimsy built in comparison to the way you guys build your houses typically out of what looks like stone and cobblestone

I thought about it for sometime I couldn’t help it. I just found it genuinely perplexing, and I eventually come to the conclusion that I think Americans build houses this way because of capitalism in an attempt to eventually demolish the house easily if someone buys the property and wants to bulldoze it

Just curious to your thoughts about this

How do you guys bulldoze your building if they are made from stone? do you just keep them around for long periods of time? What happens when they become old and abandoned or do you guys make a better attempt to renovate them?

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swirlie · F

Most of the homes built throughout the UK were built during the Seventeenth Century and are still standing today and have been lived-in by someone ever since their last day of construction 400 years ago.

Homes in Great Britain were built to last from one generation into the next, not be bulldozed when someone got bored with it which is typically the case in American life. Even a brand new house built in the USA today has a predictable shelf life because of the poor building products that are used, which means that the house or apartment building will most likely fall down on it's own if it doesn't get bulldozed somewhere along the line before that happens.

That is why buildings are condemned by city officials in the USA when a structural Engineer has determined that an American building has reached it's maximum life expectancy and is no longer safe to inhabit.