Shalom Christina
Boy, I sure missed the message; thanks for straightening it out. I thought
it was about segregation and societal change.
kol tuv, Ryfkah
In a message dated 06.30.03 11:06:31 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< Eek, Ryf, what a revelation. It's not supposed to be biting at all. It's
based on a conversation with a woman who came here to work and bought a house
in
a rough area because she couldn't find anywhere to rent in the fifties. She
sold it for a huge profit and plans to spend her old age in a villa in
Jamaica
(where she came from). Just to give you an idea, a house on the market in
1970 (when prices were far higher than they'd been in the 50s) for £6000 that
would sell for well over a million now. It's a property rich society: if
you've something to sell and a small pension you can live in sunshine and
style in
the Caribbean and that's what a lot of retired West Indians are doing these
days. Only wish I'd bought something: I'll have to make do with turning up
the
heating, closing my eyes and listening to Bob Marley:-) >>
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