[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by golf2140

Had both, block are more secure and less expensive to heat / cool.

Not so!
It all has to do with the type of insulation in a house and the R-factor of the insulation.

Batting is significantly better than blown-in insulation because the blown-in type settles in walls and attics over time.
The Villages uses blown-in because it is cheaper.

You can get better insulation in a wood house than you can in a block house because of the way they are constructed.

A wood house has some give to it and usually does well in high wind, but no type of construction is 100% safe.
Block built houses have no give to them whatsoever.
Did you ever see photos of Miami after Hurricane Andrew?
Most of those houses were block.

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