Reply #74: Madison is suffering from that as well...

[B3Nut]

The house my inlaws live in sits on a few acres surrounded by what used to be pastureland. Now it's a sprawling morass of cheap McMansions and McCondos. Their house and the house next to it are in the process of being sold so the developers can gobble up that last prime bit of real estate and throw up more McCondos. Oh well, in their position I'd do the same thing, they're making insane profit. Still amazes my wife, who can remember what the area used to look like (I've only been a Wisconsinite for a shade over 2 years). She and I bought an old Victorian in a nearby small town, expensive but at least has history and solidity to it. Try finding similar woodwork in a new McMansion. Ain't happening.

Todd in Beerbratistan