Comments by "CorneiliusLibowitz" (@CorneiliusLibowitz) on "Daily Mail World"
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Obviously, you're not from the USA.... Trailer Parks, or Mobile Home Parks, as we call them here in the USA, are very common.... I'm, actually quite surprised they didn't get lifted from their moorings and completely destroyed like in a tornado....but i digress... Anyway, cinder block, and concrete homes, like you see in South Africa, are not common in the USA....in fact, i'd venture to say they're pretty rare. And most modern American "brick" homes are just a facade....the vast majority are wooden frames, with a brick facade.... The bricks offer very little, if any structural support... Older brick homes, built pre-1960 are more likely to be constructed with load-bearing exterior masonry walls. I had a brick home built in 1954 and it was [almost] a true masonry house, with wood studs only to support the wall board. The interior walls were wood frame, however..... Outside of SA and a few other tropical destinations (like Jamaica), i've never seen a residential house with cement or cement block interior walls....
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