From: Gud-dam@dontemailme.com   
      
   I just returned from a driving trip after many   
   years of having not driven   
   the Rockie's eastern slopes, and it's mind   
   boggling to see what 20 years of un-staunched   
   development have done to the area. Everyone   
   desires to be 'up high' with a view, of course,   
   so this has led to building of homes in places   
   that challenge the building trades technically.   
   And then there are those 'zero lot' complexes   
   where hundreds of three story homes are so close   
   together one can hear their neighbor's conversation   
   through the walls. And we're talking half-million   
   dollar houses when they get to be 3 stories in size.   
   Simply amazing. In Colorado Springs I could see   
   cars lined up on a switch-back parking lot going   
   up the side of the mountain, with all that implies   
   aesthetically, and I presume it's a Park and Ride   
   lot for those commuting to Denver, or somewhere.   
      
   Just mind boggling to see the destruction of   
   the once beautiful mountain slopes despoiled by   
   all the development.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)