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ELI5: Why are wooden houses more prevalent in US?

It is rather a common knowledge that US undergoes series of extreme weather conditions (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, scorching summers, frigid winters, etc) every year. Wouldn't insulating concrete forms be more practical and a more durable against these elements? 
I'm from the tropics so I can relate with your complains about summer. (We had 39 degree Celsius days [102-ish Fahrenheit]) Earthquakes are not that uncommon in the pacific ring of fire either. Yet our houses withstood everything. I have live my entire life here in the tropics so I can't really grasp the idea of building housings out of seemingly not durable materials thus I posted my query here in ELI5.
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Essentially because wood is cheap, abundant, easy to transport, and easy to work with.  In North America there is plenty of lumber that makes very good construction materials so there isn't much call for stone or concrete construction.  In areas of the world where construction grade lumber is more scarce you see many more buildings and homes built out of stone and concrete.

The weather concerns are also much less of an issue than you may believe.  Only a small portion of the country is affected by earthquakes or weather extreme enough to severely damage structures and even in those areas the incidents are rare enough that building to withstand them is generally considered over preparation.  The vast majority of homes in the US are perfectly capable of withstanding the weather they will actually experience.