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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 9, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Don Bowen wrote:

> "``It was drive until you qualify'' for a mortgage, says Robert  
> Lang, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech in  
> Alexandria, Virginia. ``You can't do that anymore. Your cost of  
> transportation will spike too much.''"

That's what built up the Riverside and Redlands area and even further  
east. When we were living in Redondo Beach I read about commuters who  
drove two hours to and from work. I used to muse that one day there  
would be solid subdivisions between LA and Phoenix. No more.