“Only 15-20% of Rossmoor houses are “originals”—structures unchanged from their construction in the 1950s. The land is what’s valuable. People knock down the gingerbread cottages to build Mediterranean villas with no yards between them. I don’t want our family’s house to suffer that transformation.” CaliforniaAmerican DreamSuburbsRossmoor Book:Making Peace With Paradise: an autobiography of a California girl Source: Making Peace With Paradise: an autobiography of a California girl