pendragon1
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on the coasts, islands, and around the cananadian shield homes usually don't have basements but pretty much everywhere else ive been has em. oh and "mobile" homes.It's more like basements just aren't cost effective unless you already have to dig that deep anyway to stay below the frost line.
I have never visited a house in Canada, without a basement. If you have to put your foundation 5 feet down to get below the frost line, you may as well go a little deeper and use it for living space.
https://www.leaf.tv/articles/the-best-foundation-for-a-cold-climate/
You'd think underground houses would be all the rave with Texas air conditioning bills, though modern insulation has maybe solved that.
they say a true adobe home is like living in a basement and texas has pretty lax rules on em....It's because of the soil here. Building anything that will last on it is a challenge. Basements are problematic here.