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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can understand disliking the look of a new house that has replaced a charming old house.  But if the old house was in a desirable location, is it not inevitable that this will take place?

Do you think that the old houses were meant to last forever?

For example, I recently read that, when the U.S. Supreme Court building was built nearly 100 years ago, they had to tear down existing apartments to build the building.  I feel bad that they got rid of housing, but I think that it was acknowledged that buildings are not meant to last forever.  (Maybe a building with historic significance, would be preserved as an exception.)

I personally live in a 1950's house in close-in Bethesda.  For the first time, some of the houses on my street are being torn down.  I am kind of bummed about that, but not surprised because it's a great location and these original houses are nothing special.  If I could afford one of the new builds on my street, I would buy it!  We've remodeled our house, and it's really nice now, but it still has the original floor plan, ceiling height, etc.  Not worth preserving for another 70 years.[/quote] The houses being torn down in my neighborhood are not old.  Houses should last many generations, not just one or two.  [/quote]

Not really. Houses depreciate over 27 years and then it's time to build new[/quote]

*ecologically

You must sell new builds. Absolutely nobody else thinks this financially and eco ally wasteful way. [/quote][/quote]

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