Would you ever live underground?

I wanted to have a house that was different from the rest, but building one underground never did occur to me! I have been a great fan of the comic book character The Phantom, who lives in a cave-house. He later gets a modern house constructed in the jungle, but with a twist. The entire house is on the top of a tree, with a special counter-weight based elevator to take people on top of the tree! That was a house I really wanted to own! I have also wanted to have a camper that I could take anywhere out in the wild. I guess I love living out in the wild, away from the maddening crowds and pollution.

Oh my goodness, I'm going to sound like such a weirdo, but I think I wouldn't mind it! I have had a lot of basement apartments, and prefer the basement when I lived at my parents. Why? Because its quieter, and you don't have to worry about the lights bothering you when you sleep. That, and I hate tornado weather, so I like to be in the basement when I sleep anyways just in case! I wouldn't want to do it though if I couldn't EVER come up though, that would get old always being stuck down there forever. I don't like driving in tunnels though. Always afraid I'll get stuck if there is a problem or something!

My sister and I have talked about having an underground house. We think in the future you will need one just to survive. We have decieded to buy some ground and start to build our house for the future underground.

If living underground would save my life then yes, I would do it. Of course when the threat of a nuclear attack becomes very real, we all do whatever we can to protect ourselves, no matter if we're claustrophobic or scared of the dark, or whatever. If it was a choice though, I wouldn't do it, I'm scared of the dark, although not claustrophobic and I need to be where there is light - natural daylight that is. It would scare me too too much being underground in the dark lol.

I would find this very difficult i think I'm severely claustrophobic and I have seen those homes on TV and there are so beautiful. but no natural light would be difficult on me.But i mean in a natural disaster or attack what choice would we have. see after the MRI machine my fear of tunnels and things has only intesified..but i bet there nice and cool lol.. Cheryl

If there is no reason for to go underground then i would rather live on the surface. Like you said before, the claustrophobia and the darkness. I'm used to seeing wide open spaces and the blue sky above with the sun shining above my head, that i will go crazy if i'm asked to live in a bunker. Besides, what about the air? Theres not enough space for proper air circulation right? To think that if the madness did'nt get to me first, the possibility breathing foul air is enough to kill me. But i understand that in times of war, there is no choice but to go underground. Otherwise you might end up as collateral damage if there is a bombing. To reiterate my statement, if i have the choice, its no.

I'd love it to be honest. So long as it was done right and was an actual house not just a whole in the ground type thing. If I wanted to go outside it's just going up and out. No big deal. If I don't I can stay inside and not have to worry about the sun hitting me in the eye or the heat that comes with it. Of course living in Florida there are very few things were it's underground. They just don't build homes here even with basements, which I miss. It would also be nice because it would be better insulated and I wouldn't hear my neighbors all the time. So many places now the houses are built so close and you can hear your neighbor sneeze so having an underground home would be nice.

I don't think I'd want to live underground, even though I have seen some very interesting homes made out of abandoned military bunkers and missile launch stations. I think I'd miss being able to see daylight and sunshine. That said, I like so-called "earth homes" that are built into a hillside for energy saving reasons-- I guess because they typically have one side of the home facing outward, so even though they are sheltered by the earth on three sides, there IS one side facing outward.

sure,it wouldn't bother me at all. not only is it a protection from some weather,it's much easier to keep warm,from what i hear. i would make sure i had a fire tunnel and an elevated entrance/exit tho-snowed in would have a whole new meaning if you didn't stock up on supplies.

Having an underground house for safety purposes is good. But actually living in an underground home? I don't think so. I mean, it would only kill you because it has no windows and fresh air to breathe. You'll just be suffocated. For security reasons, why not.. but on a daily basis.. never! ;)

No way! I don't even like dark tunnels like you said. I would get freaked out, not to mention bored living underground. Its like that movie Blast from the Past! Good movie, bad idea about living underground!

yup i'll definately like to live underground,see the population of earth is increasing and there is no other option but underground home.It will be great to live underground away from all pollution and crowd in a place there is lot of privacy for you,and of course it's a good defense against nuclear,chemical and biological attacks!!!!!

I'm not claustrophobic so I guess I wouldn't mind living underground. It's a bit unusual but It's not really impossible. But I'll still prefer living above ground, thank you very much.

erm. .depends.. if the underground is nicely furnished.. why not? =x.. i don't wanna live with rats.. but.. it's kinda nice.. really =)..

Yes, I think I would love something like that! I am allergic to the sun, wind, daylight, humidity and pollen, as well as a lot of other enviermental things, and I love the darkness, coolness, the cold and NO SUN!

This remind me of the movie by Brandon Frasier entitled "Blast from the past". You can see that they have live underground because of a nuclear attack. Well as for me I don't like living underground but if really needed for security then maybe yes. It not really healthy cause the source of sunlight is very limited which is also necessary to our health and yeah I may develop that clustorphobic.

if i have the space and the budget to build it why not ..when it means safety for my family..im not claustrophobic though and my advantage compare to yours.

No one wants to live in unusual places,like underground or under the water and so on, until they are bound to, by the circumstances you mentioned. Most of you might have seen a movie called 'Twister', where they have shown that each house had a underground room, in the yard, for the family to take shelter during deadly thunderstorms. Recently, I was seeing a programme in Reality TV, where they were showing how a Woman was trapped in her swimming pool, when a fire and strong winds raged a mountain in Californis. She was fully immeged in water,except her nose, for a full day, till the winds blew over burning her house to ashes.

no i can not liver underground. because india is a very calm country so nuclear attack here is not possioble freind.if i was in afghanistan in the past i might ber lived in such underground hoime

If have no choice, i think i would...