Word: choicest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...today's apparent shortage in the midst of plenty can be placed on speculators, though they have pushed paper values in land up to an astounding half a trillion dollars. Lack of planning by cities and wasteful over-zoning by many suburban communities have contributed. Many of the choicest U.S. suburban towns keep out small-home buyers (whose children would cost the town more to educate than their parents would pay in taxes) by requiring two-acre lots, setting stiff building codes that make new houses expensive...