"Robert Allison" wrote in message
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For various reasons, I have only seen about 5 basements in my 35
years of construction in this area. They just don't make sense down here.
When someone has a basement, it is sort of a; Wow, that is wild! kind of
thing.

OTOH, plenty of storm cellars.

You are building houses to sell and not to live in. Many people like to
have a big impressive house above ground to show off.

If I lived in some parts of the country, I think it would have the bedrooms
under ground. Call that the storm celler.