04/29/08 - Comments About New Owners Of The Latest Mansion Teardown Iin Greenwich

The Latest Coverage:

04/28/08 - Fat Chance - Lee is hoping the Planning and Zoning Commission will prohibit the couple from obtaining the necessary town permits.

The Latest Comments:

B Cliff says:

Ostentatious reject more ostentatious. Hillarious.

Serf says:

The gap between the super rich and the rest of us just keeps getting bigger. The system is rigged in favor of the privileged. There is no such thing as a fair and efficient market. Even Warren Buffet will tell you that. The less privileged you are now, the worse off your kids will be. At what point will people say enough and revolt.

Stamford says:

So much for going green

Mike says:

If you had the money you would spend it on unnecessary things too. You would spend it on whatever you want, your fantasy, that's why you worked so hard to make the money in the first place. Honestly, the house they are knocking down is just as big, so they aren't increasing the impact to the environment, they are instead creating jobs for contractors in the area and helping the economy. It's their land, they can build what they want within the town's limitations. Whatever happened to the American dream?

IVT says:

private well? their own desalinization plant? their own water purification plant, so they can recycle all the water they use?

Are they going to be sharing the acquifer with everyone else?

It seems to me that in 2008, there might be a limit to what is reasonable. Are they going to be paying at a higher rate than others for any excessive water usage?

And that is a lot of high-ceilinged volume to keep warm. When fuel supplies grow short, will they pay more per unit than those who are merely keeping a more moderate size home moderately comfortable?

And it is a lot of cubic feet to keep cool in the summer. When the grid is struggling to provide enough electricity, will these well-off people be generating their own electricity (as well they could on 7 acres), or will they be competing with the rest of us, who swelter and are repeatedly reminded to keep our airconditioning off when we're not at home and at a fairly high temperature when we must use it.

Gatsby. The rich are different from you and me. But we do all rely on the same scarce resources, and some of us seem to think we're entitled to a large share of them.

Whitey says:

Good for them. If you have the dough and can get it approved, god bless. I love how the whiney less rich people are crying about it, F-EM. Build it bigger

Wild Man says:

Coming up next, on "Lifestyles of the Rich and Incontinent"!

Tomas says:

I think that if the guy wants to make a huge house then let them, my neighbors tore down a house and put up two 12,000 squarefeet house and we're happy, it just increases the value of the house, i don't get what the big deal is, its just another huge house, in north street there is a ton of huge house and a really huge one near the merrit entrance and i don't hear anyone complaining.


Please read previous comments:

04/16/08 - Comments On - That Massive Mansion To Be Built On Lake Avenue... And The False Promise Of Materialism

03/12/08 - Is The A Special Place In Hell For Some Wealthy Greenwichites

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