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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,885
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    I loved that game! I could probably buy a new 1982 Corvette with the quarters I dropped in that machine.

    Agree, my brother & my favorite game in the day.
    Bahahaaaa... quarters and a vette, same here.

    If you're ever in Laramie hit me up.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,498
    F1nut wrote: »
    Plenty of areas have basements.

    In some areas, you never see a basement unless the build is into a hill. Much depends on the soils. Many areas have shallow rock and it is very expensive to build a basement unless is part of the natural formation.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,987
    billbillw wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    Plenty of areas have basements.

    In some areas, you never see a basement unless the build is into a hill. Much depends on the soils. Many areas have shallow rock and it is very expensive to build a basement unless is part of the natural formation.

    This is true. Where my grandma lived in Arkansas, only the very wealthy had basements. The bedrock was very shallow and to have a basement they drilled, placed charges and let'er rip then cleaned up the blasted rock. This was 1977, maybe things have changed now. High water tables are also a concern.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,682
    Here in Tennessee houses don't have basements. High water table.
    The ground doesn't freeze in winter, either. Water lines are buried only
    a foot deep.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,054
    I’ve owned 3 houses without basements (Reno NV, Kennewick WA and Yakima WA) and 3 with basements (Missoula MT, SLC UT and Layton UT). I will never buy another house without a basement, as they are the absolute best value in additional square footage. My current home is +/- 4,000 square ft in a 1/2 basement (the first 4’ of the basement is below grade). If I were to find a house with similar square footage with out basement, it would cost 50% more than my current configuration. Also, the earth around a basement is excellent insulation - especially in summer.
    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,408
    The majority of the basements in this area older than 30 years are in dire need of repairs
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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