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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Why spend exorbitant money on a big basement? Just buy a big enough piece of land and build a sprawling house. Golf simulator, theatre, squash court. All could be above ground and much more pleasant.
A few years back I attended a wedding at an MLB player's house. He had a separate building that housed a full sized basketball court, workout facility and racquetball court. That was pretty damn sweet and sure sounds better than putting it all underground.
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Because you can't just buy a huge piece of land in established communities to build all that above ground. Sure you could go all Nicholas Hon building his Byzantine motel on acreage off highway 22, but alot of 1%ers want to live in the nicest areas of central Calgary.
Why wouldn't you put all that stuff underground? Most of it is a windowless activity, and in some cases having uncontrolled light pollution and inadequate sound proofing is a negative (eg. theater/golf sim).