What a difference a week makes. Last Saturday it snowed all day, and this Saturday it will be in the 80s, with more of the same tomorrow. The other evening I stopped off at Denver's Washington Park after work, and the place was crowded with people taking a late afternoon walk or bicycle ride. The neighborhoods around Wash Park are very trendy, not to mention expensive. I myself live fairly close to the park, and the tax assessment on my condo has doubled over the past year. Oh joy. It reminds me of a co-worker who lives in the Highlands neighborhood, which is the most desirable neighborhood in Denver among the young and trendy set. It is filled with new condos, restaurants, and boutiques, and it is almost impossible to find a parking spot there. She has lived in her house there most of her life. It used to be a downtrodden part of the city, with crack houses on nearly every block. But the taxes on her place were low low low. Now that it has become such a hot spot, property taxes have gone through the roof. She now longs for the days when it was filled with those crack houses. The good old days.
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