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Uh! King? Those ARE the suburbs. We owned a home less than 10 miles from where those pictures were taken. Sold it 2 years ago when Diane retired. Those developments are a negative contributor to the local economy (FACT) Many of them were purchased at subprime and are now in foreclosure, by people who couldnt afford them in the first place. The condos/apartments pretty much stood empty until the "free rent for 6 months" etc signs went up and the people whose homes were being foreclosed moved into them. Water alone to support the golf courses, waterfalls and sprinkler systems is a tragedy. The State of Colorado shut down, ag irrigation over eastern Colorado several years ago, to "support front range infrastructure". The tax base cant support them, IE taxes are not being paid on foreclosed properties. As far as people on this board bring a priveleged class, I dont think so. Even in the elite group I shoot with, few of us buy $5900 shotguns, or lay awake at night worrying about shot prices. Most of us worry about paying our fuel bill since farm diesel went over 4 bucks, water, getting the wheat cut, paying the fuel bill and water. Declining school enrollment increased taxes, paying the fuel bill and water. This year, grasshoppers, cutworms, paying the fuel bill and water.If you think that living in an apartment is an improvement over what you had, maybe you ought to get out more. I doubt that any of us live "in a time warp" as you suggested. If there is alot of discussion about gun and shot prices, this IS a board about guns and shooting. Oh yes, lest I be accused of being sensitive about Canadian criticism, I was born in Canada........

I like the way the planners of these huge developements name them. Such as Quail Ridge or Pheasant Run. You know, the last species of game they plowed under to build over. This one comes complete with steel silhouettes of buffalo grazing in the meadow.

Bottom line is there is too many people that will avoid what is good and right and sell out their mother in order to better their pocket books. I think the word that I am looking for is GREED. But I think that greed has sculpted our country in a positive way also at times, but definatly not here. The whole subprime fiesco is/was a greed driven gig. Greed is a double edged sword, but the negative side is letting alot of blood in this paticular case...And other than the poor economy I can not see it changing in the near future. Unless, the cost of fuel increases to the point where people do not want to spraw out anymore might slow it down. But then it is happening for the wrong reasons.

In the words of Pogo, "We have met the enemy and he is us."

What I really like is how they come up with names for their subdivisions that have nothing to do with anything. For example, here in Houston you'll see places with names like Canyon Ranch or Katy Lakes....when there has never been a canyon or lake within a few hundred miles.

There was a time when it mattered how people made their money. People like engineers or machinists could hold their head high. People who made their money the easy way were looked down on. Not any more....

In the future our kids will all live in apartments, eat at Chili's, work for the Chinese, speak Spanish, and spend their workdays pining for beer and football games on their plasma TV.
One day, someone will stumble across a hammer and there will be a huge Prime Time Live investigation as to what it is and how to hold it.

Tim- was that a Judy Collins song -Big Yellow Taxi- or Joni Mitchell?

Ah James- my "Buckeye" compadre- "A bird in the hand- is usually messy"- One advantage of a Catholic school education was the old Latin we had to learn- so I'll translate- Non Illigitimus Carborundum means "Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down"__

Run, either Joni Mitchell or Janice Joplin??? Can't remember. I think Mitchell might be correct though. She seems to be the common denomorator.

You can stop right there. That pretty much sums it up. All the rest is consequences of that.

Most outdoorsmen have always counted on someone else to provide the playing field(farmer Brown?). Maybe just buy your own land, and shoot when and how you want.