It's part of the general sentiment that you see ancient buildings built out of stone in Europe so Americans building houses out of wood (of which there are plenty of examples that are hundreds of years old) are stupid.
I have drywall in my apartment, but I would hurt myself trying to punch any of my walls.
When living in EU, there was a church about 5 minutes waking distance that was ~900 years old lol
As it goes - 100 miles is a long distance in Europe, while 100 years is a long time ago in America.
From my lens, a building that is 200 years old is not really all that old.
I've extensively modified and upgraded my house since I've bought it. Even so, I'm sure there are aspects (e.g. one small bathroom) that would give many buyers pause.
Wooden homes do not survive as well in high wind situations, and hurricanes are high wind situations.
And much of the US doesn't routinely have really high wind situations. Had a windstorm in my area last fall. A big mature spruce tree came down and managed to avoid hitting my house or neighbor's utility wires but house was fine. Wood construction is not uniquely susceptible to wind events relative to other things that tend to happen in severe storms. And, if you have a direct tornado hit, I'm not sure it really matters what your residential property is made of.