Cave Sweet Cave? Why Does Half of This Modern Town in Australia Live Underground—With Own Church, Casino?

Cave Sweet Cave? Why Does Half of This Modern Town in Australia Live Underground—With Own Church, Casino?
A cave in Coober Pedy (fritz16/Shutterstock); Inset (Adwo/Shutterstock).
Anna Mason
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Disclaimer: This article was published in 2023.
Deep in the South Australian outback, there lies a town where some 50 percent of its people live underground. The reason? It’s not due to some nuclear catastrophe or a mass case of agoraphobia. Rather, intense summer heat—and winter cold—is what led most of its approximately 2,000 inhabitants to carve out a subterranean home.
Anna Mason
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Anna Mason is a writer based in England. She majored in literature and specializes in human interest, travel, lifestyle and content marketing. Anna enjoys storytelling, adventures, the Balearic sunshine and the Yorkshire rain.
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