In a 1964 New York Times piece science fiction author  Isaac Asimov speculated what the 2014 World's Fair would look like. He deemed the Underground World Home a "sign of the future" with controlled temperatures which allowed occupants to live free from the weather. The home was not a draw, however, and was scarcely to appear in popular memory. Priced at $80,000 (approximately four times the cost of an average home that year), none were commissioned.