Uh! King? Those ARE the suburbs. We owned a home less than 10 miles from where those pictures were taken. Sold it 2 years ago when Diane retired. Those developments are a negative contributor to the local economy (FACT) Many of them were purchased at subprime and are now in foreclosure, by people who couldnt afford them in the first place. The condos/apartments pretty much stood empty until the "free rent for 6 months" etc signs went up and the people whose homes were being foreclosed moved into them. Water alone to support the golf courses, waterfalls and sprinkler systems is a tragedy. The State of Colorado shut down, ag irrigation over eastern Colorado several years ago, to "support front range infrastructure". The tax base cant support them, IE taxes are not being paid on foreclosed properties. As far as people on this board bring a priveleged class, I dont think so. Even in the elite group I shoot with, few of us buy $5900 shotguns, or lay awake at night worrying about shot prices. Most of us worry about paying our fuel bill since farm diesel went over 4 bucks, water, getting the wheat cut, paying the fuel bill and water. Declining school enrollment increased taxes, paying the fuel bill and water. This year, grasshoppers, cutworms, paying the fuel bill and water.If you think that living in an apartment is an improvement over what you had, maybe you ought to get out more. I doubt that any of us live "in a time warp" as you suggested. If there is alot of discussion about gun and shot prices, this IS a board about guns and shooting. Oh yes, lest I be accused of being sensitive about Canadian criticism, I was born in Canada........
