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> On Thu, 9 Nov 1995,Lori Sodorff wrote:
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> One of the nicest qualities of Moscow has and is daily being demolished
> by new housing developments. If people insist on building there houses
> on the hills why not dig down or through? The view they seem to want all
> to themselves would still be there without those surrounding having to
> look at a sore thumb!!!!>
One of the highly desired ameinities in a house is a "view". If you
build on a hilltop, you know no one is going to put up another
"trophy house" which blocks your view. I know of someone in the
Pioneer addition who paid extra for a "view lot" The Pioneer 2
addition then sold more extra cost view lots which blocked his view!
In Seattle, "view wars" saw one resident take a chain saw to a row of
public trees which flanked his lot. After paying the fine, he
figured he was still ahead because the new view increased the value
of his house more than he had paid in fines.
On the other hand, maybe people who build huge houses on hilltops
just feel a need to show off. :-)
Ron Force rforce@belle.lib.uidaho.edu
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