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Is there something wrong with owning a large home if you choose to?

Well, it was only a matter of time, after the attacks on SUV owners. I can just hear some people: "They have a big house, a nice lawn, and a three-car garage. It's so unfair! They're hurting my self-esteem."

My house in WV is only 23,000 sq ft, with a 10,000 sq ft great room/hall. I have garage space for 19 vehicles (we only have 9 cars, and two pickups, right now), including my motor home, and boat. I have 5 bedrooms, and more baths. My master suite is larger than the other houses around me. It is in a 'development' with a minimum size restriction, 1200 sq ft.! I have placed the entire thing into a family trust, and I don't care about next door, except for the State Wildlife Management Area (that means you can shoot bambi, etc!) next to it! It will always be ours, and doesn't detract from anybody!

Built with a concrete 'ceiling' covered with 3-4 feet of good topsoil, it features a really green roof! I have a south facing view, with a 2 acre pond I biolt in front, to reflect light and provide solar heating...

It has active hot water solar panels, and they provide all of our hot water, plus most of our heat. My utility bills are more for cooking LP (we have commercial appliances, and entertain a lot), as about $100-150 a monthy for Electric. I will be glad when they can make enough juice with sand (silica), cheaply enough, to make Photovoltaics worthwhile... of course then you have a massive need for batteries... 5-7 year life expectancy...

I just wish I was in a part of WV where the gas pipeline runs. Then I could get all the gas I want, for free!!!

Well, it was only a matter of time, after the attacks on SUV owners. I can just hear some people: "They have a big house, a nice lawn, and a three-car garage. It's so unfair! They're hurting my self-esteem." I was just going to mention the SUV argument. People who can't afford an SUV whine like little school children about those who can.