Reply #16: My neighborhood is perfectly groomed. Each weekend

[crim son]

the lawn and garden caretakers descend. Somebody is always "improving" their massive but lovely antique home. Most of the people are decent, but have not experienced poverty or even middle-class. There are some exceptions. I'm one. We certainly don't have anybody lying on our lawns... nobody answers their front door because it will be a solicitation... friends and family use the side door. What we do get are tourbuses to see S. King's victorian with the black wrought-iron gate featuring dragons and a huge spider. Two streets over on either side and the "quality" of the neighborhood becomes less sterling, dramatically so. Bangor is not a wealthy town and the good areas are relatively scarce. I will be moving to one of these as soon as this house sells. We'd have sold even without the divorce... heating and maintenance are ridiculous. Besides, I like regular folk who don't snort when you tell them you went to University of Oregon. You know?