Some people don't have a choice, in Florida during the summer time if you aren't running your AC full-time the humidity and heat will ruin your home. It stays in the 80's even overnight (both temp. Fº and Relative Humidity %).
Sounds similar to the climate here in Buenos Aires, maybe slightly warmer. To my knowledge people generally don't keep AC's running when they're not around, in the summer. I've never heard of a building being ruined by environmental humidity.
Homes in Buenos Aires don’t have hollow walls made from wood and flimsy drywall panels. One good plumbing leak can destroy a house in the US.
Fair enough. I knew homes in the US where typically made of wood, but not that that was also true in Florida. Wood is not a traditional material here because it's obviously going to rot in a humid environment.
Yup. Cheap 2x4 framing + drywall. Residential building/construction is more or less the same across the entire US regardless of native climate.
Wood homes are easy to build, maintain and modify. They are far better in earthquakes than masonry construction (because they flex). On the other hand, there are issues like susceptibility to humidity and fire risk.
Yeah, only the exterior of Florida homes are concrete because we get seasons of natural disasters that like to throw palm trees everywhere. Interior & roofing is still 2x4 construction
Black mold is a massive issue in Florida.
26C at 80% is a good day in most of Asia, for what it's worth.