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Thursday, November 18. 2010

For sale

This place had a For Sale sign and a No Trespassing sign in a sad old farming town in rural Connecticut. It has a couple of barns, sits on around 8 acres. Probably needs a little work.


 


Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:00 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Its incredibly lovely. If only we had houses like that in the Pacific NW.
#1 pbird on 2010-11-18 09:50 (Reply)
I associate the roof trimmings and the porch with the Victorian era, sort of a transition between the Federal style and full blown Victorian gingerbread, so I would think that one might find some houses of a similar design in the Pacific NW. One problem with finding such houses in the NW is that if they were built in urban areas, they were most likely demolished to make way for taller buildings.
#1.1 Gringo on 2010-11-18 12:26 (Reply)
So why is this "sad old farming town in rural Connecticut" sad?

Farming is not such a great business in CT, except maybe tobacco in the CT River valley (Hartford?)

If their taxes were lower, might be a great place to retire.
#2 Whitehall on 2010-11-18 13:32 (Reply)
A post coming later today about that particular town.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2010-11-18 13:56 (Reply)

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