<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Actually Kai, there have been some peeps of opposition to the McMansions. And lots of whining about the high maintenance, water intensive lawns plopped on seemingly every hilltop. There just hasn't been enough to make people realize that it might be time to consider changing how we think in regards to how we treat our environment.</div><div><br></div><div>SB</div><div><br></div><div> On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Kai Eiselein, Editor wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <div><font face="Times New Roman">>And in the meantime McMansions, with their attendant high-maintenance, water dependent lawns are plopped down all over the place without so much as a peep of opposition.</font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">>I wonder which uses more H2O?</span></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman">>Looking at it, the mall "may" be a good idea. I'll tell you why:</font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman">>Because we have raised a couple of generations of "Mall Rats", a mall with the shops that today's kids expect may very well be a draw for prospective to students to both >universities.</font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman">>That translates into outside $ flowing into the communities and that is a good thing.</font></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <div><br></div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div style="font-color: black"><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>