Carpet or laminate in the basement?

[Jacob Compton]

I recently had an issue with the basement flooding in a property of mine. I tore out all of the carpet that was in it. I fixed the issue which caused the basement to flood and verified through the last few rainfalls that it is no longer flooding. I am ready to put back in flooring but I am not sure if I should take this opportunity to go with Laminate instead of carpet? This is a rental property so the durability of laminate may be a good thing but I always found it appealing to have carpet in the basement (upstairs is hardwood). Any thoughts?