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23 Feb 2009 20:31

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Biz, U.S.: In Florida, get your foreclosure faster than fast food

  • 30,000 houses in Lee County, Florida are about to get foreclosed on; it’s one of the hardest-hit areas in the country
  • 1,000 number of foreclosure cases a Fort Meyers courtroom hears on some days; they get through them in seconds sometimes source
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08 Feb 2009 21:14

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Offbeat, U.S.: What bothers people about McMansions? They’re too tall.

  • Somebody did a study on this. Not a parody one, either. Ohio State University, that school we love to hate (we’re from Michigan, OK?) did a study on the proliferation of McMansions, those really nice-looking standardized houses that have started cropping up in exurbs across the country. Most participants in the study said they didn’t mind the giant houses – as long as they didn’t stick out like a sore thumb, lording over the neighborhood like a castle. Personally, we think they’re perfect for Jesusland. source
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