New home construction is extremely demanding on the environment, in fact its one of the biggest negative impacts we as humans have on our environment. Consider all of what goes into a home, and a community. Cement for new roads, wood, granite, drywall and all of the oil used to put it together. New water runoff affects rivers and streams and much wildlife. Plus, the developments were all a good 2-hour drive just to get to your job. I remember seeing such communities when I was driving through southeastern California a few years ago. These places were created right in the middle of nowhere. Pure madness. This all could have been averted if we had a sound money policy, to prevent us from expanding insane amounts of credit, money and debt. It would have forced us into homes we could actually afford, as oppose to insane bubble mania and greed. If democrats were really concerned about the environment they would fight to stop our fiat ways and end the banking cartel known as the FED.
Curtis Forrester moved into a brand-new house in Victorville last week, but there was little time to enjoy the Jacuzzi and designer kitchen. He was there only to see it destroyed.Just a few days after his arrival, the two-story residence and three other luxurious model homes were crushed and hauled off for scrap, the latest fallout from Southern California's real estate crash.
The homes were part of a planned 16-unit project in this community 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The Texas bank that owns the failed development decided to demolish the houses, a cheaper alternative to completing and selling them.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-demolish5-2009may05,0,4930126.story
