Mansions -- and smarter public officials
From USA Today:
"Even Aspen, Colo., is tiring of mega-mansions.
The super-affluent ski resort town, where the average home sold for $3.1 million last year, is moving toward a ban on houses larger than 15,000 square feet.
One of the 17 houses in Pitkin County, Colo., larger than 15,000 square feet is the 55,000-square-foot mansion of Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, former ambassador to the U.S. That's roughly a third of an acre.
'It's a question of growth management,' says Cindy Houben, head of community development for Pitkin County, which includes Aspen. Supersize homes, she says, require supersize staffs - everyone from maids to pool cleaners - and the county has too little affordable housing and too much traffic.
'There's no more land to put the housing on. There's no more road space to put the cars on. ... There has to be some limitation,' she says."
"Even Aspen, Colo., is tiring of mega-mansions.
The super-affluent ski resort town, where the average home sold for $3.1 million last year, is moving toward a ban on houses larger than 15,000 square feet.
One of the 17 houses in Pitkin County, Colo., larger than 15,000 square feet is the 55,000-square-foot mansion of Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, former ambassador to the U.S. That's roughly a third of an acre.
'It's a question of growth management,' says Cindy Houben, head of community development for Pitkin County, which includes Aspen. Supersize homes, she says, require supersize staffs - everyone from maids to pool cleaners - and the county has too little affordable housing and too much traffic.
'There's no more land to put the housing on. There's no more road space to put the cars on. ... There has to be some limitation,' she says."
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