From: ShashayDoofray@yahoo.com   
      
   Gudfer Yew  wrote in message   
   news:3f38dbda$1@news.zianet.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.   
      
   Well, I'm not saying it's anybody's fault, per se.  But here in Durango they   
   call it Californication, if that gives you any hint.   
      
   SD   
      
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