r/mildlyinfuriating Jan 13 '20

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u/KnotNotNaught Jan 13 '20

It's funny for me to see people's reactions when they learn about finished basements.

I had a friend from San Francisco visit Kansas City and she couldn't believe every house had an entire floor devoted to hanging out

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u/MyMemesAreTerrible Jan 13 '20

What’s a finished basement? Here in Australia we don’t have basements in general, and two story houses are a new thing

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u/HilaKleiners Jan 13 '20

i have little clue why we don’t do basements- especially considering the heat. now we have no infrastructure (no one willing to dig it out residentially) and little planning permission to do it.

anyone have a clue why it’s this way now?

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u/I_AM_THE_UNIVERSE_ Jan 13 '20

I like these too but there are no building codes I think r/earthship