Sure it's not a Zen thing?
There was an article in the Trib today about a sheriff's deputy who does a lot of foreclosures on high end homes, McMansions and the like. Which are sprouting in Evanston like mushrooms, even as you see older mansions that have been on the market for months with New Price signs.
The McMansions seem all to have been designed by someone who went to ugly school.
--- Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:
> Yesterday, our infoshop previewed our new expanded
> space as part of a
> neighborhood festival held on the same block. I had
> several interesting
> conversations with some local lefties.
>
> One older guy let on that he is a socialist and does
> some handyman work
> for a living. He tells me that he's been doing work
> in some of the
> high-end mini-mansions here in Johnson County. These
> are houses which
> start at a half million and typically house
> professional athletes. He
> says that lately he's been seeing more of these
> houses sans furniture,
> but people are still living in the houses. Evidently
> the number of
> people trying to live the upper class lifestyle are
> finding themselves
> tapped out and worried about the decline in home
> values. They are
> selling furniture to stay afloat.
>
> Chuck
>
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