Fish, foundations have to be constructed below the surface of the ground-sometimes many feet below the surface. See, a foundation set in ground that freezes and thaws can move around, which is not a good thing. And then there’s the matter of the frost line, the depth at which water in the ground freezes in wintertime, which is pretty much nonexistent here in largely subtropical Texas but is a big deal in the frosty north. In still other areas, what’s known as “expansive” soils-clay and/or shale that shifts around in excessively wet and excessively dry conditions, which is to say normal conditions in Texas-make a basement unworkable. It’s undoubtedly the best-looking air hockey table on this list.
With its industrial metal bars and wood-like PVC base, it won’t look out of place next to a high-quality billiards table. In other areas the bedrock is too near the surface, making digging a basement difficult and costly. That’s where the Hall of Games Edgewood 84 Air Powered Hockey Table comes in. In some parts of the state the water table is too near the surface of the ground, making leaking and flooding an issue. This is, to answer your main question, due to a variety of factors. But you are absolutely right that few houses in Texas are similarly equipped. In fact, almost all the big Texas buildings the Texanist can think of, both historic and new, have basements. The Capitol, in Austin, has a basement the nearby Goodman Building, a stone’s throw from the statehouse’s west entrance, has a basement that houses an historic bar at which the Texanist likes to wet his whistle now and then and the Alamo, despite what you may have learned from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, has two basements. The Texanist specifically highlights “residential” because basements are not uncommon in larger buildings. It is true that basements in Texas’s residential structures are a rarity.
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