Spring
It's rainy.
It's on again off again cold/warm
And the "For Sale" signs are littering Shaw.
I was sad to see the couple on NJ and Q put up their cute little house for sale. I ran into John Bratton, a Realtor who mainly does Shaw, and he said they wanted a lot for the house. He apparently suggested a price below their expectations so they have someone else. Some other houses I pretty much expected to go up for sale, just wondered how long it would take them. These are the houses that have been rehabbed, converted, cleaned up over Winter. Well I can say there is nothing under $200K in the hood. The prices are now in the neighborhood of $300K and $400K. I couldn't afford to live here. I wonder with this price increase if the neighborhood can maintain it's economic diversity.
Thursday, April 01, 2004
History, me complaining, history, stuff about the immediate hood (Truxton Circle) and the surrounding neighborhood (Shaw), gentrification, demographics, and some more history.
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