me

i have been homeless before for months

We’re going back to at least my great grandparents, if not further, it’s very likely we’d be looking at some long-forgotten relative in “the old country”

My dad once worked in a steel mill, on his first day on the job they gave him a broom and told him to sweep the floors. After a sweeping for a while while with no obvious progress being made he eventually realized it was a dirt floor.

It’s my kids. We bought a 1880 cottage and it still has a dirt floor cellar.

My family disappeared into white trash before we know that answer.

Meanwhile, my wife can trace her family back to an early 19th century vice president and actual slave owners.

Does it count if I looked at a couple houses with dirt floors while trying to buy? Prices are pretty high here and we have a lot of older houses. However I decided it must have concrete basement floors and no fieldstone walls, which eventually landed me in a “modern” 1946 house

I have to say I have no idea. What an interesting question!

I live in Finland, and the winters can be pretty rough. There is also a long tradition of building from wood. It would be impractical to build a house, usually with several fireplaces, only for the heat to escape through the ground.

Dirt floors are only used in structures where people don’t spend the night, for example sheds. Also, there is an old church from the 15th century with the original dirt floor because of its historical significance.

My grandparents on both sides

Me. There are some benefits, and you can sweep it clean. Still dirtier than wood though.

My mother currently has dirt floors.

My mother did. She also had a dirt floor one room elementary school. Grew up in the US south.

Just asked my dad, an uncle in my grandfather’s generation. Right outside of the Omaha, Nebraska area.

I think that would be my great grandmother

My maternal grandparents in New Britain, CT.

Does a basement floor count?

My wife’s parents had dirt floors before they moved to America.