>>9457948Nah. German settlers built simple wooden houses because timber was cheap and they settled in rural areas. My house is brick because I live in an area with a lot of clay in the soil, although a lot of the clay is yellow and makes houses that look like pic related. Honestly building with brick isn't worthwhile. You're far more likely to lose interest in an area than outlast a wooden house. For example if Baltimore had been built of wood it wouldn't be such an infested shithole today because the housing stock would have fallen apart instead of becoming cheap slums that stand forever.