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...boom is grossly inflating prices; a new social attitude is replacing the old idea that a man could do with his property as he damn well pleased. In this special section TIME first examines the dimensions, causes and consequences of the new land rush, which far surpasses frontier land fever. It then compares prices of acreage in various parts of the country, contrasts the experiences of happy and unhappy home purchasers, and gives some tips on how to avoid being rooked when buying land. Finally, it explores the new ways in which communities are trying to control and guide development...
These stories are symptomatic of a virulent outbreak, in modern, urbanized America, of an early frontier frenzy: land fever. Around metropolitan centers, real estate developers are pushing suburbia farther and farther into the countryside. Out in the deserts and woodlands, people who want vacation homes are scrambling to pick up pieces of the good earth. They are being joined by speculators, who have rediscovered in real estate the fast-buck thrills that a droopy stock market rarely provides. Citizens are taking seriously the advice of Humorist Will Rogers: "Buy land. They ain't makin'any more...
...Land fever is not confined to the U.S. In England, the average price of a lot has doubled in two years. The cost of raw acreage outside Munich has risen nine hundredfold since the early 1950s. Urban real estate in Japan shot up 30% last year alone, and a square foot in downtown Tokyo now costs more than...
Tales of being thrown out on the street with 103 degree fever at 3 a.m. spread quickly. Stories of wicked doctors who sneeringly refuse treatment become more prevalent as colds and stuffed-up noses become more irritating...
Prim and tailored in a plain striped blouse, she bit her lip nervously and read the news off the TelePrompTer in an arid monotone. "Wouldn't you know the first day I come on television I start out with a sore throat and a fever?" Sally Quinn apologized to viewers. (Two hours before air time she had been in the hospital.) "Well, a fever is all right as long as it doesn't make you delirious," sympathized CBS Correspondent Hughes Rudd. "Actually there have been a lot of people on television who were delirious-they're usually...