----- drive-thru banks, though! -------- Had them when I got my first job in 1962. Was just one window and cash drawer that slid out from the side of the bank towards the parking lot / car park.
-------- The houses were interesting as most of them were made out of wood or pre-fab -------- I had a job building houses one summer. All the outside work was completed in a week. Then the inside was completed in 2 or 3 weeks.
Older houses were stone and brick (pre 1900 or 1920's) but they were not as easy to heat in the winter, more costly to build, took longer to build, and were smaller.
RE: pre-fab and WWI. Almost every GI wanted someone to love, for them to love him, sex which ment babies, and a place to call his own.
Levittown was a big influence on family homes and home ownership because many people copied his building processes. AMERICAN'S GREAM HOUSE AFTER WWII These homes were totally finished inside and outside.
When I lived in Fla, we had a Jim Walters Home. Finished on the outside, nothing finished on the inside. You could see every square inch of the inside of the house from anywhere inside the house. No insulation in the walls or ceiling.
People need housing but were poor so the Walters plan was popular in very rural areas. You had a roof over your head, bed sheets for walls, a matress to sleep on, table and chairs to sit on and eat and most likely a television or a radio for entertainment. Better than renting because it was yours. Seems like another world now.
