# A Poll and Thread About Basements **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-and-thread-about-basements/743271 "2016-01-15T20:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/91b2a8/32.png) [@Hayden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayden)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-and-thread-about-basements/743271/101 "2016-01-20T18:06:27Z")
Wisconsin, and yes. Almost all have basements. Charlotte, NC- uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-and-thread-about-basements/743271/102 "2016-01-20T19:29:33Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > They don’t have one at the Alamo, either. Are you sure? I think I saw a red bike in the Alamo’s basement, last time I was there. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-and-thread-about-basements/743271/103 "2016-01-21T03:26:51Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Cayman Islands beachfront. No basement. House is on pillars and waves can wash under the house in a hurricane. Easy access under the house - no crawling required - to reach the cisterns. Houses on pillars are a feature of northern Thailand too, and I lived in one while I was up there. They’re pretty neat. Up there, there are no worries about waves though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-and-thread-about-basements/743271.md?page=5)