I’d think it was always quite expensive to build like that, and what we see today is what survived. A lot of (european) vernacular architecture is just … not that.
In fact I’d think the “old” houses in the comic, would need constant maintenance. Paint the wooden windows, make sure they don’t distort, a new roof every 20-30 years. The places you see in a deserted italian, french or spanish village might have been uninhabited for a few decades, and are basically ruins.
It’s true. But also could be less true. With our modern tech, we could build like they did back then, but much better. If we built for longevity. But we won’t.
I’d think it was always quite expensive to build like that, and what we see today is what survived. A lot of (european) vernacular architecture is just … not that.
In fact I’d think the “old” houses in the comic, would need constant maintenance. Paint the wooden windows, make sure they don’t distort, a new roof every 20-30 years. The places you see in a deserted italian, french or spanish village might have been uninhabited for a few decades, and are basically ruins.
It’s true. But also could be less true. With our modern tech, we could build like they did back then, but much better. If we built for longevity. But we won’t.