This Space for Rent

I like it, but I don’t know if I like it that way

A modern house along Harrison Street, just east of Mount Tabor

This house caught my attention when I was returning home from Noah’s Bagels this afternoon, and I had to stop and take a few pictures. It’s for sale, too, at a reduced price of $470,000, which begs the question of just how did the USA jump into the property bubble that ate the economy 3 years ago?

I mean it’s a really pretty house and all, but if you’re not independently wealthy doesn’t $470k translate to about a $3000/month mortgage? If I lived there I suspect I’d rapidly become very sick of modern architecture when my bank account was being emptied at that rapid rate before dealing with trivialities like food and the rent-seeking that calls itself healthcare in this country.

And that would be a shame because I like the house. Maybe I’ll get a lottery ticket and buy it for a summer house!