Is it true that other countries don't have basements because

We have basements, but they're usually not decorated like rooms


Also most apartment buildings have bomb shelters with blast doors, so there is that

>>72928172
Always keep a basement in alaska, dont want to be caught off guard by a wild tornado.

>>72928227
>apartment buildings have bomb shelters
is this from world war ii, the cold war, or both?

I've never seen a basement, desu.

Yes, no basements here. Also, attics are rare too.

>>72928172
cold places have basements
warm places dont need them

basements were used as garages, so you dont have to leave the house to mess with dirty stuff in the winter.

i've never been in a house that has an attic or basement before

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Here we use them as a second dining room in which we have parties or dinners with huge group of friends.

We have basements for useless shit we don't use. My old house also had an old bar.

>>72930085
And a bomb shelter in the backyard too

>>72928273
Cold war, there is an old bomb shelter around every corner in Sweden, most schools and public buildings have one with a bunch of smaller ones in apartments. The vast, vast majority have not been maintained properly though so they're mostly unusable.

>>72928493
this
I haven't either.

>>72928172

I have literally never lived in a house with a basement.

>>72930638
Same

Basements are pretty comfy when I first saw them when I went to New York. Wish Florida had them but we can't because we are sinking.

We don't have basements because we live in commieblocks. People with detached houses have them, but they are usually storerooms for potatoes and homemade pickles.

Yeah sure we have basements. But most people only use them to store tools, bicycles, freezers, washing machines etc.
In the 70s it was popular to refurbish a room in your basement as a party room. So some houses have a bar with stools, lights and a soundsystem. But that's rather rare.

>>72929886

this is a pretty smart idea desu tbqh