“I gotta ask, why are their no basements in TX?..”
Variety of reasons. One mentioned already is that space is not a premium here. We just build out or up. Another, in my part of the state, is that bedrock is only 3-4 feet below the surface of the ground. Doesn’t make for good basement territory unless you blast and that’s expensive.
We do have old cellars and modern storm shelters here but few if any are completely sunk below the surface. Most protrude several feet above the ground which presents much less of a target to a tornado than the regular home.
that makes sense.. if it’s that hard to dig, eff it. build up :)
Where i live you almost have to wait for the ground to freeze. This area is one huge sand box, and it’s deep.
Digging a basement is hard because the hole keep falling in on you while your digging.
Developers in Houston are trying to fix that. We're down to our last 1.5 million square miles of coastal plain, something like that, gotta think ahead. </s>
They want to get people used to living in 400 sq ft. rat cages and paying a thousand a month, like Tokyo and San FranCrisco and Noo Yoakk. ("But .... it has amenities .... and New York living isn't Oshkosh!" [/snile])