A wonderful story from WWII
Oct 25, 2015 23:53:08 #
peter11937 wrote:
He'd talk to Joe Heller, Catch 22 author, in priva... (show quote)
Interesting neighborhood. :-D
Oct 26, 2015 15:14:13 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
Elwood wrote:
Interesting neighborhood. :-D
Yes, a Disneyland with warts....The biggest drawback is that most who graduate from HS here cannot afford to live here anymore. My Grandfather's second wife died two years ago at age 105. Grand Dad had left the a 3/4 acre lot, on which she built a 2,000 ft ranch style house, top quality construction. The lot then has a value of about $25,000...Today, the lot is worth more without the house....$1million, the house is consiidered a trardown because it is not modern colonial......, so you'd be in at $2m.... Even a top MIT Grad could not afford that for at least a decade. So for years, they have left, drifted back for reunions and vacations. . Occasionally one or two will inherit a home, or make enough to afford a retirement cottage.... My son , who now owns a home I build as a "spec" house but made the mistake of custonizing finish to a "lady" who it turns out was relying on Daddy to pay the final. Daddy did not like the "lady" the "lady" chose for a significant other, so no $. I kept the portion of the deposit that was legal and justifiable just as there was a slight realestate slowdown, and moved my son in to keep the house safe and clean. he married and the rest is history... Stuff happens, and today I could sell at a fine profit, but then where the heck would my son, dau. in law and two grandkids live? Life is hard, it is said, then you die. Sigh....
Oct 26, 2015 17:33:46 #
peter11937 wrote:
Yes, a Disneyland with warts....The biggest drawba... (show quote)
Luck of the draw. :shock:
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