On Apr 25, 9:27*am, notbob wrote:

I think a lot of this was due to old technology.

Might be. But just as likely it could be the Gestapo attitude a lot
of associations adopt. Several years ago the city of Wichita, in an
attempt to suck up to an "exclusive" neighborhood went way out of its
way to dress up a water pumping facility on the edge but OUTSIDE of
the neighborhood. They designed the facility to look like one of the
high-end homes inside of the neighborhood, right down to landscaping
and shake cedar roofing. If you were not aware of the fact that the
structure was full of pumping equipment you would not have guessed it
was not another expensive home.

A few years ago the structure was needing a new roof. In order to
save some very tight funds they decided to put an attractive dark
colored metal roof on the building. Not only did it save taxpayers
installation money, it reduced insurance rates for the structure, the
city and taxpayers. As a show of appreciation for the city having
sucked their tit for 20+ years the adjacent neighborhood sued the city
and won. Remember, this plant is outside of the walled boundaries of
the neighborhood. The city was forced to remove a perfectly good and
economical roof and put shakes on the house. Why? They played
footsie with the snobs for years and it proved to be a precedent.

RonB