Excellent domes.

[Terror Australis]

I would rather live in a cave - then you dont have to wash the roof all the time.....

[Riddler]

I never thought about a dome as something bulletproof, but it definitely is more protection than just a regular house.  Some RPG's could explode upon hitting the dome and not go through it.  Being tinted, it would also make a sniper's job virtually impossible.  And having a machine gun nest on top of a steel structure with wide supports is as good as it gets.  I could climb a ladder and be there in 30 seconds, which is more than enough time if you live in the middle of nowhere and have intrusion detection systems all around.  Also, the dome would probably be built on top of a hill, which would give me tremendous vision and firing range, while your RPG's would be very difficult to aim at the top of the dome from below.  Plus the sniper's nest can have thick shielding on all sides, with plenty of room for the explosions not to harm me.  Plus I'm in my home, I can have all the firepower I want, while you're limited by what you could carry.  And you wouldn't be able to get very close in a vehicle, that's for sure.

2 words for ya:

''predator drone''

buhhh- bye

[Alex Libman]

I would rather live in a cave - then you dont have to wash the roof all the time.....

I know a few desert Australians had much success in shallow underground dwellings to escape the heat, but it isn't so easy.  Adequate ventilation in caves is a serious issue you'd have to look into, and cave-ins or flooding can be notoriously difficult to foresee.  Plus there's no sunlight for electricity and growing food.  Using a generator means surface exposure - someone above can just reverse your exhaust pipe and you're toast.

Living underground would only give the government more excuse to come after you -- "for your own safety, of course" -- and the mainstream media will liken you to Hitler or Bin Laden.  Photovoltaic greenhouse "domes", on the other hand, have a positive PR value nowadays, and the government won't want to be seen blowing those up.  Emergency underground bunkers can be built below the domes, but they'd serve little practical day-to-day value except storage.

And you never "HAVE TO" wash anything - it's just a personal preference.  The shape of the dome, if the aren't many rough edges, could mean the snow would just cascade / melt off, and the leaves / dust be blown away by the wind.

2 words for ya:  ''predator drone''  buhhh- bye

Dragline, having the mental capacity of a four-year-old, has turned this into a childish game of naming various weapons that exist out there...  I suppose he'll be firing his photon torpedoes or sending a Terminator back in time after me next!  

Few things can withstand modern aerial bombardment, but it is expensive and difficult for Powers That Be to justify, especially when going after civilian dissidents in New Hampshire.