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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (543479)	1/28/2026 10:38:33 PM
From: pocotrader	Respond to of 543567

I don't know why there were so many power failures, it was a subdivision for modest homes, I bought my first house there in 1984 about $87,000, same house was well over 100K before the housing crash. I had a first time owners housing grant of $500 and borrowed some money off my parents for a down payment, Worked through my holidays for the extra money. First year we were poor as hell, girlfriend didn't work, she had a young child from a previous marriage so we ate a lot of soup and sandwiches also ate taco's for the first time.