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  • Brick chimneys are all that remain in LA houses. Seems like a good reason for building the whole house out of brick. But plywood is the norm. Is that the best idea when you live somewhere with a "fire season" and insurance is tricky? It costs a few bob extra but lots of the houses which have just burned down were worth $2 or $3 million.

  • Bricks supposedly not so great with the lateral forces of earthquakes.

    You could of course choose not to build in a flammable earthquake zone, but there's such a convenient port right there and the land is so cheap for some reason.

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