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Why can't we live underground, or carve our homes on the sides of mountains? (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What's stopping us? Not all of us have to, obviously, but at least some of us can live that way.

If our antiquated predecessors could sometimes manage it, I'm sure we can too. Maybe even better.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (3 children)

around 40 million people live in yaodongs in China

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Pueblo also made very good use of features like mesas and canyons.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

similar to shaanbei yaodong are the cave houses in the sierra nevada in andalucia. especially the sacromonte caves in granada, traditionally inhabited by roma who were not allowed to live inside city limits