You’re right – they’re ugly. I was out bike riding along the path by Highway 56 on Sunday, and had plenty of time to take a peek. I almost get depressed thinking that I might some day, accidentally perhaps, end up living in one of those.

I agree that landscaping has a decent amount to do with it. You can soften anything with a good amount of trees, plantings, etc. Trees aren’t cheap though, and while you’re planting trees you’re wasting time as you could be BUILDING MORE HOUSES!!!!!

I feel sad for those people that moved into one of those as a stepping stone. “Must buy something, ANYTHING” was the idea. Then, of course, they’d make tons of money and magically move up to a much nicer house in La Jolla, which of course had also magically moved up in price and was still unaffordable.