Does the story of the three little pigs land differently in America?

Posted by Ok_Writing_1520@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 138 comments

First off, I know that not all houses in America are made of wood, and that a wooden house can be better than brick depending on the situation. This isn’t about that.

When I was little the story had one buying straw, one buying wood and the third buying bricks. All the houses look good, but only one is strong. The message is - it’s best to take the time to do a thing right.

It’s also basically unheard of to have a wooden house here. Since many houses in America are made of wood, I can imagine a child looking at the beautiful little wooden cottage and thinking “that looks like my/my friend’s house”. Obviously nobody wants to suggest families in those homes are inferior in some way. Is the story altered for cultural context?