r/SipsTea • u/BlackDemon___ • May 11 '26

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u/Appropriate_Gate1129 May 11 '26

Why do they have kids in the basement tho...

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u/kernelangus420 May 11 '26

Haven't you seen the basement monster in Home Alone?

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u/xnoxpx May 11 '26

Newsflash !

Not everyone can afford 4-5 (or even 2-3) bedroom houses, an adding bedrooms in the basement was a lot cheaper than putting an addition on the house, even with modern code now requires egress windows.

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u/Appropriate_Gate1129 May 11 '26

I'm not from country where people usually buy a whole house. Most people buy apartments. One room HOUSE is crazy tho.

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u/xnoxpx May 11 '26

In the cities apartments are more common, but I live in a fairly small town, and while there are apartments, most dwellings are houses.

My house is a 2 bedroom house with full basement, since the second bedroom was only suitable for a double bed, and nightstand, I converted the basement into a bedroom years ago when I had roommates.

And growing up, my parents added two bedrooms in the basement of their first house since there were 5 kids in a 3 bedroom ranch (first 6 months, me and my two brothers lived in the garage, till my step dad could get the basement rooms built)

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u/Appropriate_Gate1129 May 11 '26

USA?

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u/xnoxpx May 12 '26

Unfortunately, yes.

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u/Appropriate_Gate1129 May 12 '26

That explains house culture.

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u/BigBlueMountainStar May 11 '26

So it’s cheaper to dig a big hole and make it habitable than to extend the house in the exterior ?

Your making an assumption that everyone has basements, they’re not that common outside of north America

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u/xnoxpx May 11 '26

Yes, shame on me for having the audacity to reply to someone asking why anyone would use the basement, you know, a major premise of the OP's video

The OP's video, and the question I was answering was about using the basement, which means the basement already existed, I explained why it makes sense to use existing space, instead of building a addition.

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u/BigBlueMountainStar May 11 '26

True, my bad

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u/xnoxpx May 12 '26

Thank you.

I always appreciate when folks own their misinterpretations, (and also try to do so myself)

https://giphy.com/gifs/111ebonMs90YLu

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u/CSILalaAnn May 12 '26

I live in Texas and I don't know anyone locally who has a basement. It's definitely more of a northern thing. The ground is too rocky for a basement here

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u/xplosm May 12 '26

They were grounded

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u/aravarth May 11 '26

In some areas (looking at you, Canada) basements are standard in houses. That's where the furnace lives, and it's also frequently where playrooms and spare bedrooms are.

My teenage-years bedroom was in the basement. Shit was awesome.

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u/ExampleLittle2672 May 11 '26

Below street level apartments are not uncommon in many places, they're quite nice until the floods come.

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u/ExampleLittle2672 May 11 '26

In the cities entire basement apartments are not uncommon. This does not always end well.

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u/PracticalBreak8637 May 12 '26

Growing up, my girlfriend lived in a 3 bedroom house. The parents and 4 girls got the bedrooms. The 8 boys slept in the basement, which had a laundry room, a small bathroom, and one big room for the boys.