[Howard Jarvis Admirer]

I read an article that Mexico is another place where people try to soak the system, so insurance companies won't write fire insurance policies there. That's why all Mexican houses are built with brick or cinderblock - no fire insurance. The article was in the San Diego Reader a few years back.

[jalisco555]

That's why all Mexican houses are built with brick or cinderblock - no fire insurance. The article was in the San Diego Reader a few years back.

I don't think that's accurate. Large parts of Mexico were deforested by the Spanish and never reforested. Wood is not easily available. Also, stone homes are much cooler in that hot climate where most people don't have AC.