--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > Your photos are being stripped out, but I've looked > > > at the site on Google Earth and agree with you. I tend > > > to prefer things laid out according to the flow of the > > > land, not superimposed upon it by some town planner > > > with a straight edge and a bad case of OCD. :-) > > > > Except that the original layout doesn't seem to be > > "according to the flow of the land." It has its > > own straight-line grid, just at a different angle. > > I just realised something. While Vaj and Barry are certainly > entitled to their opinions about messing with Nature and > building cities, singling out a place *IN THE NETHERLANDS* > because it doesn't follow the rest of the "natural" terrain is > kinda silly... > > ...actually it is majorly silly. Ludicrously so.
<snicker> Of all countries. Excellent point. The whole thing is even sillier when you consider that the most important principle of Vastu is that buildings be oriented not according to some arbitrarily defined grid, but *to the sun*, which ain't exactly unnatural.
