Some random thoughts from my walk this morning:
- I don't like curved driveways. Why do some developers insist on curving a driveway when it is possible to pave a straight line?
- People who park vehicles on their driveways where the driveway overlaps the sidewalk path - especially when they have unused alternative space on the driveway to park - deserve a special place in hell. Living at the end of a cul-de-sac does not exempt peeps either.
- When I was a kid, I could easily spend a day walking around residential home construction sites looking for treasures (soda bottles that could be returned to the store for a few cents, aluminum cans for recycling, etc.). I walked by a lot of residential new home construction this morning and had zero desire to explore any of the floorplans for the homes that were framed and open, but that was mostly because it was dark and I didn't want to risk stepping on a nail or something.
- I saw a neighborhood where many of the homes had the same cookie cutter detached garage that looked like a big barn - a two car garage door with a large carport in front of the door. The carport ceiling was the floor for a second story attic/loft that extended back down the length of the garage. It looked like a barn that had half of the first floor side walls cut out to make a carport. The roof was gambrel shaped just like you'd expect on a barn. The ridiculous thing was, the homes that were related to these garages were often single story ranch houses so the garage was taller than the home or they were two story but with typical gable roofs so the garage roof and house roof looked odd right next to each other.
- As I entered one of these new subdivisions where most of the homes were still under construction, I saw a realtor's "for sale" sign in a yard for a home that was owned/occupied. That poor bastard must have lived in that house for just a few months. I wonder if there is a problem with the house, or if s/he's got to move because of work/job. Either way, good luck to them selling their slightly used home when prospective homebuyers likely have several homes to choose from with the exact same floorplan that are still under construction and can be finished with their choice of flooring, etc.