The Week contest - Apocalypse-proof homes

A condo complex created in an underground nuclear missile silo has sold out of apocalypse-proof housing units. Please come up with the name for the next missile silo home development

A Kansas-based bunker condo may be underground, but with its projection windows, occupants can feel they are anywhere in the world, including beneath the sea.
(Image credit: Screen shot, CBS.com)

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

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Last week's question: A condo complex created in an old, underground nuclear missile silo in Kansas has sold out of its $2 million, apocalypse-proof housing units. We asked you to come up with the name for the next missile silo home development.

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RESULTS:

THE WINNER: The Intercontinental

Chuck Gaston, Lancaster, PA

SECOND PLACE: Charmageddon

Dan O'Callaghan, Springfield, MN

THIRD PLACE: Little House Under the Prairie

Linda Leeds, Colorado Springs, CO

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

The Manhattan Projects

Carl Cayne, Woodmere, NY

Nuclear Winter Park

Rob Wright, Atlanta, GA

Prime Sub-housing

Clayton Schulz, Louisville, KY

Apocalypse Wow!

John Fay, Charlotte, NC

Flash Pointe

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

Def-Condo 1

David C. Neal, Fanwood, NJ

Bunker Hill

James Lister Smith, Mill Valley, CA

If The World Were Ending, You'd be Home Now

Nickolas Certo, Pittsburgh, PA

Da Bomb Shelter

Simone Butler, San Diego, CA

Silo Nights

Edmund Conti, Raleigh, NC

Nuclear Family Estates

Jim Tripp, Menomonie, WI

Boomtown

Heidi Hanssen, St. Louis Park, MN

Cozy Crypt Hollow

Marilyn Law, New Harbor, MD

Edinburrow

Janine Witte, New Hope, PA

Archie's Bunker

Addison Davis, Warren, MI

Hysteria Lane

Theo Garcia, Honolulu, HI

Hunker Downs

Karen Shepherd, Social Circle, GA

Atoms Family Estates

Tim Scott, Lexington, KY

Habitat for Insanity

Barry Cutler, Palm Desert, CA

The Military Industrial Complex

Brian S. Campbell, Hillsboro, WI

You-Can-See-China-From-Your-Basement Estates

Ivan Kershner, Salem, NC

Sub-Urbia

Manny Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN

Sunny Side Downs

Douglas Bing, San Luis Obispo, CA

Hole Sweet Hole

The Dyes, Tulsa, OK

4th Little Pig Properties

John Rider, Sammamish, WA

Oppenheimer Gardens

Brian Walter, Orangevale, CA

The Boob Tube

Sheryl Ryckebusch, Lantana, TX

ICBMW Place

Jeanie Jesky, Greensburg, PA

ICBMbassy Suites

Dan Goldberg, Boca Raton, FL

The End of Days Inn

Robert J. Chapman, King of Prussia, PA

Afterparty Acres

Frank Letchworth, Knoxville, TN

New Beginnings

Philip J. Clarke, Denver, CO

The Kansas Underground

Suzanne Molnar, Knoxville, TN

Hidden Valley

Claudia Landolfi, Highland Park, IL

Bomb Springs

Seth Meyer, New York, NY

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