While I found all of James Kunstler’s article on Peak Suburbia interesting, the thing that struck me the most was the following graph, taken (by Mr. Kunstler) from the pages of Shopping Centers Today, the house organ of the International Council of Shopping Centers, dedicated to serving the global retail industry.
I had intuited over [...]
I have been musing, for the last week or so, on how incredibly different our lives are now, as opposed to a year ago. Hardly any aspect of our lives has been left untouched in that year, and I believe that I can say that the changes, as wide and as drastic as they have [...]
Holy Lockbox Batman, that was fast! It seems that our realtor has some sort of magical powers. Less than 72 hours after our house first listed, we have accepted an offer, contingent on financing, of course.
On Monday we had visions of our house sitting for months and months while we continued to make the mortgage [...]
Today the process of leaving here becomes more permanent. Our house is now on the market, or will be in a couple of hours. We have decided to take a gamble and try to sell it as is instead of doing all of the work that would be necessary for it to fetch top dollar. [...]
Nothing will drive home how badly your house is in disrepair quite like trying to sell it. All of the little things that you have trained yourself to overlook, from the replacement tile that isn’t exactly the same color to the gap between your baseboards and floor, come once again to the forefront of your [...]
These are the ramblings of Jon Tillman.
