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Name:   longtimer The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Answer
Date:   4/29/2008 12:24:14 AM

"Please, someone who was around during the 50s and 60s on the lake tell me what it looked like when houses sprang up..."

In a nutshell, it looked a lot different then than it does these days. Back then, most of the houses springing up were much much smaller than the smallest you see being built today; so they took up less space, which meant not as many trees being cut. Also, they were being built with fewer amenities. There were no trees being cut for large paved roads; usually, a road was little more than an existing trail that was widened a little bit. No land was being cleared for the installation of sewer systems; most all of the homes had septic tanks.

Maybe the biggest difference was that the homes weren't in what we would today call a development. They were clustered, but the clusters were of individual cabins; you didn't have named developments where the developers would come in and do a lot of "improving" the entire area. (I put "improving" in quotations because there is very little "improving" that today's developers do, at least by my definition of the word.)

Back then we cared more about having a place on the lake than about showing off our place on the lake. Take it from someone who has seen it both ways: there is a world of difference in the way a house is built, and in how the land it is built on is used, when the people are more interested in having than showing off.

This Karis Park sounds like a nightmare.
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KARIS PARK - stingray - 4/28/2008 4:44:47 PM
     KARIS PARK - Bob - 4/28/2008 5:59:13 PM
          KARIS PARK - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 6:28:21 PM
               KARIS PARK - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 7:38:26 PM
               KARIS PARK - Lakeman - 4/28/2008 8:03:31 PM
               We had a place at Bama Park - TotheLake - 4/28/2008 10:10:12 PM
     KARIS PARK - dmp - 4/28/2008 6:37:19 PM
          KARIS PARK - Bob - 4/28/2008 7:54:57 PM
               Stop the presses!! - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:22:03 PM
                    Stop the presses!! - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 8:27:22 PM
                         Stop the presses!! - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:36:01 PM
                    APCO Recreational Map - Maverick - 4/28/2008 8:35:04 PM
                         APCO Recreational Map - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:44:19 PM
                              APCO Recreational Map - Maverick - 4/28/2008 8:52:46 PM
                                   I'll hold my breath ..... - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:01:40 PM
                         APCO Recreational Map - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 8:49:19 PM
                              Jlazc - Have Your Answer - Maverick - 4/29/2008 7:57:52 PM
                                   Well then..... - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/29/2008 9:15:41 PM
                         30 ft buffer - Nutin Bitein - 4/28/2008 9:52:42 PM
                              30 ft buffer - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:54:14 PM
                                   Sorry Nutin - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:56:22 PM
                                        Sorry Nutin - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 10:14:27 PM
                                        Sorry Nutin - Nutin Bitein - 4/29/2008 3:03:34 PM
               KARIS PARK - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 8:37:06 PM
                    PP, You can park your RV - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 8:43:55 PM
                         PP, You can park your RV - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:50:14 PM
                    AND BTW - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 8:57:14 PM
                         AND BTW - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 9:09:53 PM
                              AND BTW - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:13:21 PM
                                   AND BTW - boataholic - 4/28/2008 10:52:13 PM
                              I'm in!! (NT) - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 9:14:57 PM
                              And... - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 9:16:55 PM
                              AND BTW - boataholic - 4/28/2008 9:20:31 PM
                              AND BTW - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:26:13 PM
                                   LTL - You Drinking Again - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:31:31 PM
                                        Say What?? - Ulysses E. McGill - 4/28/2008 9:40:58 PM
                                             Say What?? - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:43:13 PM
                                             Buried at My House - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:49:00 PM
                                        LTL - You Drinking Again - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 9:41:11 PM
                                             LTL - You ARE DRINKING - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:51:54 PM
                                                  LTL - You ARE DRINKING - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 10:12:19 PM
                    PP - Building Covenants - Maverick - 4/28/2008 9:07:13 PM
                         PP - Building Covenants - Bob - 4/28/2008 9:53:01 PM
                              PP - Building Covenants - LifeTime Laker - 4/28/2008 10:22:01 PM
                              PP - Building Covenants - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 10:22:08 PM
                                   PP - Building Covenants - Bob - 4/28/2008 10:56:53 PM
                                        PP - Building Covenants - Pier Pressure - 4/28/2008 11:39:15 PM
                    Answer - longtimer - 4/29/2008 12:24:14 AM
                         Answer - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 8:52:14 AM
                              Answer - green,ed - 4/29/2008 9:24:31 AM
                                   Answer - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 9:57:13 AM
                                        Answer - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 10:14:43 AM
                                             Answer - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 10:16:39 AM
                                             The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 10:30:57 AM
                                                  The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 10:54:57 AM
                                                       The History books are wrong - yellowcat - 4/29/2008 11:13:07 AM
                                                       The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 11:22:37 AM
                                                            The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 11:33:01 AM
                                                                 The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 12:18:01 PM
                                                            The History books are wrong - 8hcap - 4/29/2008 12:16:17 PM
                                                                 The History books are wrong - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 12:21:27 PM
                                                                      The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 12:37:04 PM
                                                                           The History books are wrong - Pier Pressure - 4/29/2008 1:08:17 PM
                                                                                The History books are wrong - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 2:14:35 PM
                                                                                     I don't live on the fourm - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 2:54:56 PM
                                                                                          ltl - yellowcat - 4/29/2008 4:16:12 PM
                                                                                               No I haven't but I will try to - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 4:51:40 PM
                                                                                                    No I haven't but I will try to - yellowcat - 4/29/2008 5:13:18 PM
                                                                                                    No I haven't but I will try to - 8hcap - 4/30/2008 9:42:45 AM
                                                                                                         No I haven't but I will try to - LifeTime Laker - 4/30/2008 9:53:37 AM
                                                                                     I forgot.... - LifeTime Laker - 4/29/2008 2:57:38 PM
                                                                                          I forgot.... - Spot Remover - 4/29/2008 5:29:01 PM


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