Reply #27: I was just back there last summer....

[Vektor]

Went to see my old house. My old neighbor who still lives there told me it had recently to a new owner for approx. 1 million. :wow:

My parents bought it in 1978 for about 50,000 dollars! They sold it in 1990 for about 200,000 or so...I assume subsequent owners put upgrades in it, but the property was HUGE, and so close to the water.

JESUS. We had so much back then and I never realized it. I took it for granted.

I actually thought Westport looked pretty much the same, except for there are more houses. It was still very tranquil, though. I did not go to the Back Eddy, but went to the Baysider, and Ellie's Place - two of my old favorites, as well as hitting the ice cream stands at Handy Hill and Lees Market.

Going back to see my old house for the first time in 14 years was a rather poignant experience. I wanted to go to the front door and walk in and just go up to my old bedroom. I sat across the street on my neighbor's porch and looked over there and choked back tears. It was so hard to believe it wasn't my home anymore. Even though I'd been gone for so long - just looking at it, it felt like my home. No other place ever has since. When I got back to CA, I asked my Dad who had spent his whole life there, "Dad, why did we leave?" He got real quiet and kind of misty eyed, and said "I don't know."

I look at real estate on-line for Westport almost everyday. MAN, ALIVE the prices have gone up!!!!