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This is the first house Julie and I lived in, the parsonage in Walkerton. Jill snapped this picture as she passed through the little town. Looks kinda drab and unimpressive now, but when it was built in the late 1950's this would have been a very nice home. In fact, when we lived there in 1977, there were doctors and other professionals living on this street. The house was about 1200 square feet in size, had a one car garage, three bedrooms, one and a half baths for a family of four (and Michael on the way).
How times have changed. 3 car garage, five bedrooms (if you count my office), four baths, 4000 square feet for the two of us. And our place is modest compared to many where we live. Is it affluence or just easy credit that has changed the average American's expectations of housing? The more you make, the more you expect, and the more you spend. Who is shaping our consumer expectations anyway?
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so that's the house that you guys always ask me, "do you remember Walkerton?" to which I always reply, "nope." You mean I was a baby in that house?!
That's the very place.
Major improvement in the digs! Kudos for that. -- Michael
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