Ali's House with voice over

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I always forget that people in the rest of the country have basements. Ain't no such thing as a basement in Texas. It's all limestone and granite underneath us. Do they count the basement as part of the square footage when they talk about the sizes of houses up there?

If they are walk-out, have windows on at least 3 sides, and are finished. Otherwise no.
It's not just Texas that lacks basements - Jim's dad had a hell of a time getting his builder to to put a half basement in NC, and we didn't see any in CA either.