I was born and raised in the CDA/PF area. Went to "Harvard on the lake" and joined the service in '98, I've been back a few times to visit family and friends. Although, it was well on its way to being considered a down right tourist trap well before I left it has gotten even worse since. You used to be able to take a boat and find any number of nice beaches along the lake for a family to spend the day. I was fishing on the lake a few years ago and absolutely wanted to throw up after seeing all the posted signs on beaches everywhere. Not to mention the eye sore houses people have built all over it. You couldn't pay me enough to live there again. Most of my family that still reside there and we are talking some that have lived in the area for several generations deep are disgusted by the way it has changed. People from other (states) coming in, seeing it, claiming it as their own and attempting to change it into what they want. Ok, enough of the rant. Sadly, I would still have say that it is vast improvement over Portland. And yes, if you want land look to the Rathdrum area. Of, course I haven't been out there since I left so, it's probably all condos and subdivisions by now anyway.