The air is clear, the sun is shining, the birds etc..

The card reader came (GEORGE!! MY MAN!! I OWE YOU MANY, MANY LUTHER LP'S!!!), and Ive finally been able to offload the pix off the memory cards (unfortunately, one card became corrupted during the wait, losing many choice images. Crap. Ah, well).

Now I can take pictures again.

Im clicking pix just for the silly joy of it all.. I feel so much better.
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Many people have been waiting for the opportunities inherent in a recession.

A LOTTA people are making a killing in the market right now, f'rinstance.

I was anticipating it too.. although I forgot rules number One and Two in this scenario.

1) Have money put away.
2) Make money.

Marrying for the money was not an option.

Anyways, the savvy folk in NY have been waiting for a recessionary real estate market for the longest, preferably one that would cause something akin to the Flight to the Suburbs in the 70's.

No one could anticipate a tragedy being added to the mix, but with people dumping property for far less than they paid and fleeing NY... there are folk salivating at the chance to buy into and live in Manhattan on the (relatively) cheap.

I was talking to someone, now living in Brooklyn, who was wide-eyed at the tale of a friend who just dumped his 500k TriBeca place near Ground Zero for 150k. She is now looking for a similiar deal. Actively.

Native New Yorkers may be concerned, but hey - a cheap place in Manhattan is a cheap place in Manhattan, which is still gold.

Eh, so what if you gotta deal with a little dust....
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