More cars!

Speaking of cars, my wife and I drive around and sometimes see modest houses with up to four cars parked in front, filling the driveways and curb spots in front. And then we see garages with their doors open and the garages are stuffed to the gills with junk-- no room for the car. This seems not uncommon here. The typical garage is full of furniture and storage boxes. And most houses have an alarming number of vehicles associated with them. And in other neighborhoods, where the houses are in a dismal state of repair, tiny and falling apart, you see cars parked in the yard that are surely worth more than the house-- new and top of the line. We conclude that lots of people have a very twisted sense of what is important. We think this does not bode well for the future.