TIM RICHARDSON -> MIMI GALLANDT wrote:
 TR> On 05-12-09, MIMI GALLANDT said to JOE BRUCHIS:

 TR> Many years ago, back in the sixties or so.....people with enough smarts to
 TR> retire from business with a million dollars or more and move out here to
 TR> sunny, southern California....didn't have any more brains than to let a
 TR> developer and real estate company talk them into paying hundreds of
 TR> thousands
 TR> for a house and property located on the *San Diego River bed*!


 TR> It had been dry for many decades. But any bright 12 year school kid will
 TR> tell
 TR> you....once it has been a *River bed*....someday, its gonna get water in
 TR> it!


 TR> Maby not in three, or thirty, or three hundred! But SOMEDAY....its gonna
 TR> have
 TR> water in it again!

The last subdivision I lived in, in South Louisiana, was built on a drained
swamp. Lots of Real Estate has been claimed in that manner.

However, the problems you mentioned cropped-up. Poor foundations, even with
12 foot pilings buried in the ground for support, still wound-up with
cracked or sunken slabs after 20 years or so. Also, heavy rain causes
flooding that creeps into some houses, there. Every year, I saw wet
carpeting outside of several homes that "got water" as the locals
say. It appears they can change carpet in a moment's notice. I can't
imagine the mold problems. Yuck!

There are some places, no matter how attractive, are just not fit for living.




-- 
Regards,

-= Joe =-

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