Thursday, May 10, 2018
Neighborhood note
Speaking of 'pay the two dollars'....
My morning walk was a little long, covering a block I hadn't seen recently. Three nice houses in a row are occupied by people with enough money to buy new cars. The houses look almost abandoned. Back yards are full of windblown branches and furniture, front yards unmowed, sprinklers and hoses out in the same position through several winters. It's an odd combination, denoting a careless attitude toward money, or perhaps living entirely on credit.
As I was thinking about this I noticed money in the street. A new one and five, not play money, just sitting there near a trash bin. Is the trash bin a cash bin?
Careless attitude toward money for damn sure.
When I was young and broke, I would have treated those bills as a godsend. Now that I'm old and stiff and secure, they're just an interesting observation.
Later thought: Fancy new cars + no maintenance + cash floating around = drug sales. I didn't put it together at first.
Labels: Heimatkunde
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