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The wood in houses is dead and no longer able to repair wear and decay.

There are known trees whose ages easily exceed a thousand years: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees#Individ...

Interesting. The clonal trees aren't much like humans (disconnected, mostly in suspended animation), but other trees make a good point of comparison.

Also, humans have a tendency to remove themselves from harms way. Trees, alive or dead, don’t enjoy such an advantage.