From: Subject: A different kind of new house Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:47:33 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: file://C:\Documents and Settings\Paul Hill\My Documents\My Webs\main web\rayarticle.htm X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 A different kind of new house

A different kind of new house, = please: CCs=20 tend to buy fewer new houses than most people of their income = level,=20 finding that they are not designed with them in mind. So they buy = resale=20 houses and fix them up the way they want. They abhor the status = display=20 home that shows a lot to the street, strongly preferring to be = hidden from=20 the street by fences, trees and shrubbery. All that militates = against=20 buying the kinds of new homes that builders are prone to put out = there for=20 the upper-middle class. They also like authentic styling in = homes-whatever=20 fits into its proper place on the land is good. They want access = to=20 nature, walking and biking paths, ecological preservation, = historic=20 preservation, and to live in master planned communities that show = a way to=20 re-create community.

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Personalization of the home: = Interior=20 decoration for CCs is typically eclectic, with a lot of original = art on=20 the walls and crafts pieces around the house. Many Core CCs seem = to think=20 a house is not properly furnished without a lot of books. The same = house=20 that vanishes from the street should be personalized so that = status=20 displays happen inside the house, not outside, though it is not = blatant:=20 It is display of personal good taste and a creative sense of = style.=20

--from

T= he Rise=20 of Integral Culture

By Paul H. Ray