This $18 million end-times underground home in Las Vegas is surreal

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/07/20/this-18-million-end-times-und.html

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Ugh;

it looks like a life-sized playset for Stepford Wife Barbie:

O_o

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Also, this same story seems to pop up here, every couple of years…

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While the concept sounds interesting, the execution is really quite garish. No way would I subject myself to those pseudo-Thomas Kinkade murals 24/7.

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Is it the same bunker? I seem to remember the last one having more of a Pacific islands theme, and I don’t remember the swimming pool. Searching the bB archive. . . . .

ETA: Nope, I was misremembering; same place. Apparently in 2013 it was selling for $1.7M—what a bargain!

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This would be fun to stay in for a long weekend.

Especially for an immersive viewing of “A Boy and his Dog”.

Or not. As I recall, the ending of that movie was in poor taste.

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Living in an underground bunker has never sounded appealing to me, let alone if I was forced to endure such hideous decor…

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Has no one here seen “Blast from the Past”?

Brendan Frasier, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken. A naive man comes out into the world after spending 35 years in a nuclear fallout shelter. LA, Las Vegas, same thing.

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A bunker with a Pacific Islands theme reminds me of actual bunkers on Pacific Islands.

Last year I got to see the Naval bunker on Okinawa. It was freaky.

I think every American tourist does what I did and take a picture of that sign

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Yeah, I saw it; and I wouldn’t have wanted to live in that repulsive underground bunker either.

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This place comes on the market, it seems like, every six months.

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I was going to make a joke about underestimating the enduring appeal of the underground bunker, but then I found it on the sixth page of “site:boingboing.net underground bunker” results.

That I went this far into the search results probably means that I am underestimating the enduring appeal of the underground bunker.

I will note that the 2013 article says that the property has a caretaker house on the lot, and it was for sale for a mere $1.7 million then. I assume we can blame Obama for that.

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Jinx! Enjoy your preferred brand of cola.

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I’m confused as to why they just didn’t grow some real plants down there? Certainly if you’re thinking end times you’ll want some veggies at the very least. And a weed farm for bartering.

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I love this movie.

                       ADAM
             And, I'm asking you to trust me
             without understanding why.

                       CALVIN
             Well, in that case...of course, son.
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Not to mention, HEMP.

There’s so much that can be made from hemp…

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I remember at one point in the mid 70s when I was in middle school, trying to convince my mom to install an underground bunker in our back yard in case a nuclear bomb went off. Those were good times indeed.

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Living in Tornado Alley, we got used to living in basements that were combination dens and rec rooms. And even the worst decor was ten times better than this.

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