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To: dragnet2

During a taxi ride across the Golden Gate Bridge (1972) I remarked about the nice homes with a view of the bridge - the cabbie said those go for around $35K, which sounded high to me at the time.


7 posted on 07/25/2019 11:05:19 AM PDT by dainbramaged (My dog can drive a stick shift and the cat is jealous.)
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To: dainbramaged
During a taxi ride across the Golden Gate Bridge (1972) I remarked about the nice homes with a view of the bridge - the cabbie said those go for around $35K, which sounded high to me at the time.

When I was a kid I got accepted to a rather elite, highly regarded university. Tuition at the time was $13,000 per year. And I had won a $1000 scholarship!

My dad looked at me and said "Congratulations! That's very nice! Now, where is the other $12,000 going to come from?"

I didn't have an answer to that question so I didn't go.


25 posted on 07/25/2019 11:14:43 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: dainbramaged

1967-1971 home prices in the
Petaluma/Santa Rosa area were
averaging $18,500 for a 1800
sq ft tract home. Dad and me
sheetrocked a bunch of them.


66 posted on 07/25/2019 3:11:00 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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