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Basements are unusual but not unknown. My grandparents on both sides had basements on their houses and they lived much closer to the center of the city than Richard or I do, The soil at my house is pure clay. I could sell the dirt to any brick company and they could make bricks. When they dug the pit for our scaredy hole in the garage the soil was very wet below a few feet. A basement would be a challenge to keep dry.
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The basement at my grandmothers house has a sump in the corner and the pump runs almost constantly. It's doable, but you wouldn't want a living space down there.