I'll agree with you, but until recently we haven't had to worry about land size. We just built up, because we could. In countries where people are still living in 500 year old houses, it is much harder to do that. They can't up and move the city center if they wanted to. Many towns in the US could, and have. Lexington, KY pretty much moved its downtown so they could build up a little.
Oh and 5% raise, hell I'd love a raise period. -----Original Message----- From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:25 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bush, Oil prices and Dependence on oil Ok, I'll give you shelter, but our shelter sizes are not needed. When I was visiting England this past summer, some of the people asked me about my home. I told them that is was 3200 sq feet. Then they asked how many people lived in it. I told them five. Then they'd ask "What do you do with the rest of the space". We could learn a lot from our European friends. Afterall, I talked with a lot of people there that hadn't ever driven a car. They didn't " all chose to live in a hole or something". I'm just saying that we as Americans have come to expect a certain level of comfort in everything. We've come to expect that a family car should have over 250hp. We've come to expect that gas will always be cheap and plentiful. We've come to expect meals in under 15 minutes. We've come to expect a 5% raise every year from our employers. Someday those expectations will come crashing down around us. And, for the record....I drive ~100 miles back and forth to work everyday. I wish I could ride my bike, but the irony is that I carry it on the back of my truck so that I can use it for exercise during lunch because I don't have enough time at home since I spend 8~9 hours at work and 2 hours in the car each day and then spend each evening doing various extra-curricular activities with my daughters. I've fallen hook line and sinker for this crazy American dream. Marlon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155781 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
