## property bubble ## beware..!!!!, page-27

Its not about meeting fundamental needs, its about increased consumption driving the economy.

http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2003/03/07/1046826516751.htm

"Leading architect Glenn Murcutt is scathing when it comes to some Australians and their penchant for big houses. "I showed some visiting Danish architects what's being built along the roads to Castle Hill and Windsor, and they've never seen anything like it," he says. "It's so depressing - these bloated, over-sized, terrible houses, built on the tiniest blocks in the traditional subdivision pattern. It's a total waste of land, not to mention resources."