Re: Re: [Chat] bestfriends

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: [Chat] bestfriends
• From: Pam Evans g*@gmail.com
• Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:34:04 -0400
• In-reply-to: 20050910.115200.12727.376291@webmail24.nyc.untd.com
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Also lots of old houses in Texas are pier & beam foundation which pretty
much rules out the basement thing. Much as that black clay expands and
contracts, probably wouldn't be a good idea anyway.

On 9/10/05, kmrsy@netzero.com <kmrsy@netzero.com> wrote:
>
> Basements and attics make it too easy to keep too much stuff around that
> is rarely, if ever, used.
>
> Kitty
>
> -- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
> That could be, also. I was thinking of California--where land isn't
> cheap anymore but once was, and that's when the "style" started.
>
> On Sep 10, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
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> > At one time DH was considering a move to Nevada and we actually
> > looked at homes. They were without basements and we were told that it
> > was because the bedrock was so close to the surface that blasting
> > through it to create a basement was too expensivel
> >
> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >
> > On Sep 10, 2005, at 12:31 PM, james singer wrote:
> >
> >> And places like NOLA and SW Florida don't have basements because of
> >> high groundwater tables, And most of the West doesn't have
> >> basements because land is cheap and basements are expensive--so
> >> they have sprawl instead.
> >
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> Island Jim
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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