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To: Les H who wrote (13621)	9/11/2003 10:52:27 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Low rates hurt elderly azstarnet.com

To: Les H who wrote (13621)	9/11/2003 2:32:20 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<<A recent Time magazine story detailed the modern American desire for "great rooms" and media rooms, calling it a "lust for space.">> Very supportive for nat gas demand...takes a buncha BTU's to heat/cool when residential square feet/capita is increasing. Got gas?<G>

To: Les H who wrote (13621)	9/12/2003 7:05:34 AM
From: Micawber	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Whopper homes Many of these going up in my area. I firmly believe that most residents wouldn't mind the oversized houses on small lots IF, and I mean IF, the builder would utilize professional architects to design these homes and use high quality materials to construct and detail them. What most object to is big, ugly, cheap-looking vinyl boxes next to classic stone mansions with slate roofs, windows that are well proportioned, real brick or stone chimneys, and extensive wood trim and detailing. IMO, that's the real rub. But it's very difficult to legislate good design taste.

To: Les H who wrote (13621)	9/12/2003 3:13:59 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Sprawl by any other name: anti-smart growth movement motherjones.com "In Virginia's Loudoun County, for example, where builders have been limited to just one house per 10 acres in most areas, county planners fully intend for new homes to be expensive, big, and spread far apart. The chairman of the board of supervisors recently told the Washington Post that a homeowner buying a single-family home valued at less than $439,000 doesn't pay enough in property taxes to pay for services rendered: "We are somewhat tired of having to build a classroom every week to keep up with growth in the county," Chairman Scott K. York complained. "People cannot afford to have their taxes go up to build school after school." Yet Loudoun is the third richest county in the country -- if its residents can't afford more schools, who can? " New suburbia: welcome to the land of the giants smh.com.au