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start now being more prudent with our assets.

The extra land taken up by these mansions and estates could be better used as green spaces, parks, woods, habitants for a diversity of plants and animals. Shade trees could be planted to provide pleasant breezes for summer visitors and life-giving oxygen for all. The land could also be better used as farmland, to grow crops to feed the hungry among us.

The electricity necessary for heating, cooling, and illuminating large homes is probably produced by coal-burning facilities which are a major cause of soot and other toxic chemicals to the air we all breathe. Smog alerts on steamy summer days are quickly becoming more frequent and more dangerous.

Late-model cars are may be gas-guzzlers whose exhausts add to total of the air pollution aggravating the respiratory systems of your friends and neighbors, and gas is becoming more expensive each month.

The lawns and gardens of large homes are more likely to be sprayed with dangerous herbicides and pesticides. Serious gardeners are more likely to be concerned with giving the grounds a showcase appearance, than with polluting the land and poisoning the water table below it.

We live at a time in history when the purchase and maintenance of large homes is no longer practical, and may be considered just plain selfish. We are instructed to be our brother`s keeper. There are too many in the world, even in our own cities, who have no homes at all. They lack food, shelter, appropriate clothing, and even the basic necessities of life. We should purchase a home just large enough for our family`s comfort and share our extra assets with those most in need. This would be the finest legacy we could leave to the next generation of this planet`s children.

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