>>Many of these are cheaply made, unfortunately. Some good ones are now made, intended for the kitchen sink, which probably isn't where Dragan shaves :)
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>Good guess... :). However, if I ever get to build my own bathroom here, I'll have one of original European ones (Italians are actually masters in the field), cost what it may.
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Actually it isn't apparent that you shave at all :) :)

>>More of us would live in walkable neighborhoods if employers were willing to locate there. I thought that downtown Charlottesville was walkable but it's no use if your job isn't there. My employer doesn't pay people enough to own houses near the office, and most of them don't want to be near here anyway. They don't care about walking.
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>That's more of the law - the zoning. Can't have a business in residential area and vice versa. And these areas aren't interspersed, nor too close to each other. Still, I did walk to work a couple of times (it's just two miles away), and if it didn't take that long, I'd do it more often.
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>Downtown is walkable, sure, but then you'd have to drive, park and then walk. Though we do, ocassionally, take a walk around the neighborhood - it's actually very nice, except the pavements are designed using a lot of Rand() function - you never know how far will they go.
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I was suggesting that if your job was downtown there would be housing within walking distance of it. Though in many downtowns you would have high rent, no yard, and questionable public schools.