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You saw this in Chicago -- early days Chicago was largely wooden structures. After the Chicago Fire, you see a lot of stone and brick.

Nothing wrong with wood buildings, when properly constructed and maintained -- you have plenty of them from the 1700s out east. New construction is often dictated by the finances of the builder -- the cost difference of cheaper (generally wood and engineered materials) construction vs. brick or stone is substantial.