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leveymg

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17. The best answer I could find is this one:

Reply to Control-Z (Original post)

Mon May 20, 2013, 05:17 PM

May 2013

Obviously technology exists for each and every reason why basements are not common (in OK). But the question is why don't houses here HAVE basements, not why CAN'T they. Bottom line, traditional cost prohibitions plus cheap land have created an environment where they are not customary. you can come up with all the reasons why they should be and explain away every reason why they aren't, but I can guarantee you that if they were profitable, in this part of the world, they would be installed. they aren't, so they aren't.

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Why? [View all] Control-Z May 2013 OP

I was wondering the same thing. You would think that alsame May 2013 #1

I don't know.. redqueen May 2013 #2

Adds ta da cost. Jackpine Radical May 2013 #3

This is it. When I briefly lived in central Missouri with my second grade daughter, we travelled on Ed Suspicious May 2013 #14

I heard something about the rock in the area requires dynamite to get a basement. hrmjustin May 2013 #4

This ^^ X_Digger May 2013 #11

Water table is too high ... relayerbob May 2013 #5

We had the same issue in Ohio. We could build a "crawl space" which was only 1-2 ft deep. madinmaryland May 2013 #7

Usually not, no. X_Digger May 2013 #15

I wondered the same, especially because the same area was destroyed in 1999. Squinch May 2013 #6

4th, 5th and 6th graders safe in a nearby church before the hit. librechik May 2013 #8

How about a massively reinforced hallway that everyone knows to go to in case of a Nay May 2013 #9

Most homes in like Dallas/Houston don't have basements. Tx4obama May 2013 #10

I don't know. Wait Wut May 2013 #12

most rural homes do have cellars lapfog_1 May 2013 #13

especially since this area was hit in 1999 Texasgal May 2013 #16

This. Control-Z May 2013 #18

The best answer I could find is this one: leveymg May 2013 #17