Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25330335-20150213033209/@comment-26073467-20150214003457

The thing is, wood flexes too much, and the thing is, is that wood you are restricted to the size of the log, and the strength of the wood. If you need a large I-beam, you'd have to make one out of an entire log, which also restricts the kinds of wood you can use. Another actor related to size is that there is also a limit on height, because trees only grow so high(atleast strong ones do). And unlike I-beams, you cannot weld nor bolt logs together

And there's a reason Tokyo is filled with new, concrete buildings, because one fire bomb wipes out 5 city blocks. Though we may not face fire bombs, we will face a lot of fires, and most are contained to one building in concrete and steel buildings.