Out here, the sales have declined at least 20%, which is a little strange considering that the federal government keeps getting bigger and they aren't building houses fast enough to keep up with the demand.
If you remember Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Fredericksburg and even Warrenton and Culpeper from before -- the growth in these areas is simply astonishing.
We moved here 17 years ago but the big growth has been after 9/11. Unbelievable. Strip malls as far as the eye can see, from Applebees to Walmart.
I wonder what would happen if the next President decides to cut back on the Defense Department again.
I further wonder how much people pay to heat and cool these 8,000 sq. foot houses.
The gap between rich and poor is getting wider, it seems. There are even people who can afford, not just a 8,000 sq. foot house, but a 15,000 sq. foot house, and the wives spend their lives looking for furniture and tchotchkes, driving around in their Humvees.
And then there are all the illegals and semilegals living multigenerational in townhouses.
And the old style whites getting up at 4:00 a.m. every day to commute from Front Royal.
The stuff of the Great American novel. |
