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It wouldn't work here because the economics are different. (quote from D. McCunney)
It also has to do with the fact that the houses here are built with the very minimum standards allowable. Mine is a prime example. Built by a non-english speaking crew with one white foreman. They were putting hammers into any warm body, due to the building boom.....couldn't build houses fast enough. This was 5 yrs ago. No upgrades allowed, other than specified, even at additional cost. Electrical, insulation, plumbing sub standard to our way of thinking. My husband won't even allow me to mount a tv to the walls into a stud...he doesn't think the studs are any good. No choice at the time of buying this house. I love my home, but if you were to try and salvage anything you wolud be building yet another sub standard house. Cheap windows, little insulation, bowed walls, now multiply this by thousands. How do you recycle crap? And how do you build solid housing when dealing with greedy developers? I guarantee you the laborers didn't get rich.......
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