Bet you don't know that housing styles have an amazing story to tell.
California split houses were first built to house movie studio artisans who worked in the ground level room sewing costumes etc.and lived upstairs.
Shotgun houses are based on a way of building that originated in Africa to channel breezes through the house.
The bungalow is derived from a way of building with covered porches to cool air before it enters the house that came from India. The word is an Indian import also.
Next time you see these houses, remember their exotic origins.
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