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lupusmagus In reply to massivelyattacked [2013-02-07 08:23:12 +0000 UTC]

I live in Australia. We don't have basements. They would just fill up with spiders and snakes anyway.

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massivelyattacked In reply to lupusmagus [2013-02-07 22:40:00 +0000 UTC]

Ah, so true. I'd wondered about that. Is that pretty much across the country? Or are there parts where basements are built? I only ask because I'm quite certain many northern US states have basements, but the southern states don't...and neither do the earthquake states.

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rubypele In reply to massivelyattacked [2013-02-12 16:24:13 +0000 UTC]

Actually, the west coast does tend to have both basements and earthquakes. Not every house, of course, but there are plenty. I used to live in a basement apartment in Seattle just a couple blocks from the water, too. A quake probably would've killed us in that apt, but at least tsunamis are unlikely in the city thanks to the geometry of our local faults. (Geologist can't resist commenting on quake-related conversation, sorry!)

Aussie homes are nice, they tend to sprawl. So much land, so little water! My husband's house had a particularly prolific white-tail spider year when I was there, so I can imagine basements would be unpopular. I'm just happy I never saw a huntsman.

I don't recognize the pretty place in the screenshot and I think that means I need to play more.

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massivelyattacked In reply to rubypele [2013-02-12 23:43:18 +0000 UTC]

I think it's California that tends to have fewer basements. Just like Florida has a lot of flat roofed homes because of lack of snow.

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lupusmagus In reply to massivelyattacked [2013-02-09 04:34:56 +0000 UTC]

I'm actually not sure to be honest but I've been in houses with basements about 3 times in my entire life so I'm assuming they aren't common here lol

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massivelyattacked In reply to lupusmagus [2013-02-09 05:40:16 +0000 UTC]

I miss basements to be honest. We don't have them up here in the arctic either. They drill into the bedrock and the houses are on stilts.

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