In my reading of the Trib this morning, I came across two articles that blew my mind.
On the front page was: For sale: Trailer w/ocean vu, $1 million obo
So wonderfully Californian, Marsha Weidman’s home has it all–along the beach, far from noisy traffic, with a Jacuzzi used to watch sunsets over the Pacific.
For this, she and her husband recently paid $1.05 million.
For that, they got a trailer, built in 1971, without any land.
Plus, the family must pay “space rent,” which at two Malibu parks dotted with seven-figure trailers ranges from $800 to $2,500 monthly.
The nation’s frenzied housing boom has come to this: Even trailer parks, long the butt of jokes about tornado targets and redneck living, are enjoying fat greenback prices.
My mind started to melt at that, but then I read on…
The seven-digit prices, touching only those trailers parked permanently beside the sea, have made for giddy moments with neighbors such as George Keossaian, 46, who with his wife and two children moved five years ago into the gated Point Dume Club mobile park, where Weidman also lives.
The mobile home he bought for $140,000 then will be worth $950,000 once he completes an 800-foot addition, Keossaian says. A reappraisal this year assigned a $750,000 value to his home, which has no ocean view.
My mind asplode…
The other article was: Bush backs teaching of intelligent design along with evolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Bush said Monday that he thinks schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when teaching students about creation.
During a round-table interview with reporters from five Texas newspapers, Bush declined to detail his views on the origin of the universe. But he said students should learn about both theories.
“I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought,” Bush said. “You’re asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, the answer is yes.”
I shouldn’t really be suprised by this, but I am. At the same time, he didn’t really say (at least as quoted) what the headline says. However, given his background, I’m sure he feels that way.