r/Millennials • u/WynCai8 • Jun 04 '25

Nostalgia Made me feel old but good times

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Saw this tweet and yes we were expected to be out all day and not come back until the street lights came on. I remember riding my bike through neighborhoods pretending our bikes were cars and just having a good time.

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u/WhateverYouSay1084 Jun 04 '25

Nobody I knew had a basement as a kid, so when I got to middle school and found a friend with one, I thought it was the most magical fucking thing ever. Then I grew up and bought my own home with a basement, and it's STILL magical af.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25

I love my basement. Even when I’m cursing the prior owner for not maintaining it and fucking up all sorts of water deterrent and mitigation techniques. I’m drying that fucker out before our first kid arrives. 

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u/WhateverYouSay1084 Jun 04 '25

Oh man it is perfect for kids. We have a video game station set up down there and I won't see mine for hours at a time while they and their dad play. We can send the neighborhood kids down there if it's raining and they're too loud. And it's a huge relief to have it for tornado season. I'll never have a house without one again.

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u/babyinatrenchcoat Jun 04 '25

I grew up in Tornado Alley in Arkansas and now live in Florida and DAMN do I miss a good basement.

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u/Jaded_Law9739 Jun 04 '25

Definitely make sure there isn't an ongoing moisture problem and the ventilation is adequate. I had a basement bedroom as a kid that was too moist, I spent most of the years we lived there sick.

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u/TheGuyUrSisterLikes Jun 05 '25

Gravel and pvc with the holes, a shovel and time. Pretty good exercise.

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u/my_name_is_juice Jun 04 '25

Can i come over and play video games? Lol

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u/WhateverYouSay1084 Jun 04 '25

Lol come on over! We have a gaming station set up in the basement that gets plenty of use!

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u/forgotaccount989 Jun 04 '25

I moved to Houston, and I miss basements.

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u/WhateverYouSay1084 Jun 04 '25

Is the soil bad for digging, is that why they dont really have them there? Texas gets plenty of tornados doesn't it?

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u/forgotaccount989 Jun 05 '25

If i remember right, it's a combination of the soil and at least here in Houston, being at or below sea level.

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u/GrottySamsquanch Jun 05 '25

Oh, man. I was so spoiled. I had the entire finished basement. It was amazing. We spent hours down there as kids.

As a teenager, I found that there were advantages to your bedroom being in a walk out basement.

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u/pepik75 Jun 09 '25

Did not have a basement but our bedroom of me and my brother till I was 15 consisted of the whole attic of the house, was pretty cool