Surely, if Mother Nature had ...

Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.
 Mortimer Zuckerman

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For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location.
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