Many of the ideas in this forum center on some common themes--living smaller, closer together & in a walkable environment. We need neighborhood built to resemble what Hole's Addition has come to be--charming, close in, and a dream to walk in. We're not the only ones thinking this way--this quote is from Witold Rybcznski in Slate earlier this month:

"Higher energy costs also affect heating and air conditioning, which may have the effect of discouraging homebuyers from purchasing large houses with soaring entryways and expansive family rooms. While the evidence is fragmentary—the current reduction in average new house sizes has more to do with the preponderance of first-time buyers than an overall shift in demand—it is clear that the long recessionary cold-shower will dampen the exuberance that characterized the boom years of 2000 to 2005. That will mean smaller houses closer together on smaller lots in inner suburbs, fewer McMansions, and fewer planned communities in the distant hinterland."

Ostentatious Rose Creek should not be the ideal, but rather the charming, liveable, & sustainable Holes.