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Skriven 2006-07-25 10:47:20 av Dave Drum
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Sacerdote
Ärende: Re: Good Places to Live
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On 07-21-06 DAVE SACERDOTE Scribbled to DALE SHIPP about Re: Good Places 
to Live

DS>DD> Americans are flocking to places that offer big-city 
DS>DD> opportunities and amenities -- with a lot more green 
DS>DD> space and a lot less stress. Top 10 Great American Towns.

DS>DD> 4. Columbia/Ellicott City, MD <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

DS>DSh> I saw that in the news paper -- but thanks for posting it.   
DS>DSh> There is a lot to like about the area where we live.  
DS>DSh> Hope you get to see it, one way or the other:-}}

DS>Heh.  I saw this:

DS>DD> 9. Fairfield, CT

DS>And thought to myself, "Oh crap.  MORE people moving in."
DS>I'm not trying to sound crotchety or anything, but we're
DS>losing farmland and forest at record rates, our roads are
DS>crowded as hell all hours of the day and night, there are
DS>drainage problems as houses and blacktop take the place of
DS>trees and crops, and wealthy city SOBs are driving up our
DS>tax rates by building humongous million-dollar McMansions
DS>in old, formerly-stable neighborhoods and forcing real
DS>estate prices so high our kids can't settle down in the 
DS>towns they grew up in.  I wish all these damn people from
DS>away would go back wherever the hell they came from.

DS>That was rantier than I was actually going for. Sorry.

OK - here's your tip-off. The list was compiled by (drum roll please) 
MONEY magazine. (rim shot here).

I don't understand why people insist on living in these sprawling stick 
built "castles" with roof lines going every which-a-way. I know some 
older couples who just mortgaged their grandkids future (so to speak) by 
taking out a mortgage that will outlive them by twenty or more years on 
a half-million dollar 3200 sq ft monument to excess. 

More than the waste of space and resources to build there are the taxes 
(high) and the energy bill to keep the insides of the place somewhat 
temperate. And the energy bill to keep such a huge lawn manicured is not 
inconsiderable in these days of U$80/bbl oil.

OTOH, I have some neighbours here in the Trailer Trash Terrace #3 who 
moved here with malice aforethought. The biggest mobile home in this 
park is approximately 1100 sq ft. The exterior of the home is pretty 
maintenance free - and the yard (such as it is) is tiny. And the utility 
bills are fairly easy to manage - as there is much less cubic to heat 
and cool.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Empanada (Meat Pie)
 Categories: Beef, Mexican, Pies
      Yield: 5 Servings
 
MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
      1 lb Ground Beef
      2    Garlic Cloves, Minced
      2    Hard Boiled Eggs
           Cold, Chopped
    1/4 c  Milk
           Salt & Black Pepper
           Raisins, To Taste
           Green Olives, Chopped
      1 pn Crushed Red Pepper
           Cooking Oil
      1 lg Onion, Chopped
           Pastry Dough
 
  Fry onions in cooking oil until soft.  Add minced garlic and brown
  lightly. Drain oil.  Add ground beef to onions and saute until meat
  turns a light brown.  Add chopped olives, eggs, salt and black
  pepper, raisins, pinch of red pepper and milk.  Allow to simmer
  (uncovered) over low heat for 5 mins.
  
  PASTRY DOUGH: Any good grade of commercial pie crust mix will give
  satisfactory results -or- use your own favorite recipe .... Roll out
  dough 1/8" thickness and cut with a 5" cutter.  Place meat filling on
  one side of the dough.  Fold the other side over the filling and
  pinch the edges. Deep fry in hot cooking oil until crisp and brown ..
  or .. bake in a 400øF oven until the crust is a golden brown
  
  Yields 5 meat pies
  
  Posted by Joni Edmundson
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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