That is a bit one sided. Living in a basement allowed me to live in a substantially larger place than a studio apartment, 50m from a big park with playground,

That is a bit one sided. Living in a basement allowed me to live in a substantially larger place than a studio apartment, 50m from a big park with playground, 100m from the main public transit of the city (train) and save so much in rent that I can now afford to buy. All of this while happy, now have two kids (still in the basement)