[metesky]

I had a parking lot argument with a flatlander last week on that very subject.

The dope insisted that the land was "gone" and had no good answer when I kept asking him where it went and if he'd gotten a post card from it.

[Pete'sWife]

Anytime I am confronted with a Chicken Little Anti-Sprawl Advocate I remind him/her that, in 1955, the population of the U.S. was about 150,000,000. Now, we're bumping up against DOUBLE that number, and folks have to live SOMEWHERE.

The tree-hugging nutjob invariably suggests moving back into the cities, living in townhouses, condos, etc., etc.

To which I reply, "OK. You first."

Then I walk away smiling.