> europeans who have zero knowledge of construction

I actually worked in construction and now studying electrical engineering, focus residential.

> weird grudge against wood framing

Well, it's cheap to build but sold to your population at prices that have us ROFLing, it needs to be treated with all kinds of nastyness to survive stuff like termites, a lot of construction is incredibly shoddy (watch some Cy Porter), it's not durable like our houses that last many decades to centuries... choose your pick.