[Son Of The Godfather]

Nah, not too old and cranky, Bernard... I remember riding my bicycle to Los Altos school on Temple... Had to cut across the field that used to be near the bottom. When I now drive down Pleasant Valley road and see all the new housing tracts by Lewis Rd, I ponder what we will be like in 5-10 yrs time.

[Bernard Marx]

I ponder what we will be like in 5-10 yrs time

Orange County West, as I wrote in the post that started this discussion. As a conservative I strongly favor private property rights and all that implies, including development. But it's the kind of ultra-high-density development that's taking place here that concerns me. I don't understand why people pay a million bucks for a house that's only 15 or 20 feet away from their neighbor. But they do, lots of them, so I guess the Market has decided and I'm the one who's out of step. I'm still stuck in the old-fashioned era when a million bucks was a lot of money!