O Gauge LiZarD is mostly in Boxes due to the move last year. Initially, the Ogauge layout was set up in our Garage in Arizona. Since I didn't have a basement, the garage was the answer. When you opened the doors and you would have it partially outdoors. I used to have an HO layout in the bowels of my 100 year old home that I grew up in Illinois. It was more like a dungeon. In Arizona, many take their garages and turn them into "entertainment" rooms. You would frequently see garages with bars, pool tables, etc. in them. Even Air conditioned! I found it odd that all the garages had finished walls! It does make for a nice recreation room - IF you can keep the clutter out of it...
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