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Originally Posted by BrianL99
The opposite. Wood is better for insulation and the structural strength is the same as block.
There are pluses and minuses to both kinds of construction. Google is your friend.
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Both comments are incorrect for poured walls. Poured concrete walls are structurally stronger by a significant amount, and have a higher R-Value. Also, quoted from a site that lists all of the advantages of poured walls "The thermal mass of the walls and the tight seals at joints enable concrete homes to excel at keeping conditioned air in and extreme temperatures out. Temperature control. The tight building envelope also means concrete houses have fewer hot and cold zones and less draftiness."
My first two homes I owned earlier in life were stick built. My 3rd and 4th were here in The Villages. The 3rd was block construction, and my current home has poured walls. The difference in my heating/AC bill and the quietness of the homes were significantly better than either stick home. The poured home is noticeably better than the block home.
During hurricane Irma we had just moved into our current home. Emergency channels advised us to sleep in a centrally located room. We couldn't even hear the hurricane come through at night - yet I got up in the middle of the night and our stop sign out front was sitting at a 30 degree angle from the ground and bouncing up and down in the wind. It was amazing.