It's going to be a pretty house, somebody's dream home. It will provide temporary employment to 10 or 20 tradesmen who will build it, make use of a lot that has been a convenient place for dumping old couches, and provide a new home for a family who will care for it and keep it beautiful.

What could possibly be wrong with such a win-win situation?

And their couldn't possibly be a downside to the 5000 square foot house that is replacing a run-down little ranch on an acre lot; a house that will automatically increase property values in the neighborhood; or any problem with the construction of a 200,000 square foot high-tech manufacturing plant destined to provide 2,500 new jobs.

Publish Date: 01/24/2006