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Frame cities versus brick cities

Dan

Dan

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You'll know what I mean after you see the following list.

Frame cities

Kansas City
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Atlanta
Indianapolis
San Francisco

Brick cities

Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Houston (suburbs)
Dallas (suburbs)
Toronto
London
 
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BKM

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frame versus brick

What;s weird about Indianapolis is that during the 60s, they went through a brick rancher phase. Knoxville, tennessee is like that too: older frame houses with a belt of 60s brick ranch housing.

Overall, I prefer brick cities and, believe it or not, stucco ones (California). To me, frame cities look shabby very quickly. Seattle is a perfect example. Brick and stucco seems to hold up to the weather better.

My home town, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is definitely a wooden (or vinyl/hardee plank/ faux veneer today) city.
 
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also

And, San Francisco is not really a frame city. Much of the building stock is sided with stucco. Brick is uncommon because of the seismic considerations.
 
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