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Originally Posted by cuervo72
I've seriously wondered why there aren't more underground houses. I mean, I love my basement. Why can't my whole house be a basement? Like nearly the entire footprint of my lot, just completely underground. Maybe a garage for cars and tools, but the rest of the above ground, just lawn, play area, or a big garden. No house, all underground. No roof to worry about, or windows, or siding. Or maybe I get wild and have a screened-in gazebo if I really feel like I have to be outside. (Though in this all-90+ July, that's been about never.)
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In Houston, you'd be at the water table and/or eaten alive by fire ants. However, not every city is built on a swamp and filled with invasive awful insects.
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