dude, where are you from again? i feel the same way re ___ acres for sale signs. Every time I go home there are fewer fields. When my parents moved to wexford, pa, in 1982, it was totally rural. Even the one building I remember from when I was really little didn't exist back then; there was a small shack-like farmer's market instead (according to my dad). Now it's a strip of strip malls and exurban awfullness. Lots of car dealerships and fast food places. Not fun, and just really sad. The value of my parents' home has increased only about $50K in the past 26 years---that's a problem, and has to do with how the area used to be beautiful and now isn't. I love Pittsburgh, but the exurbs are awful. The town where my friend Beth grew up is still rural, just a few miles away. So strange how that happens. It will prbably change, too, though--I saw for sale signs on some farms.