Reply #35: Oh, OK. Well, we want people to have a nice view from the Lexus, right?

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And when I talk about a quarter-mil, I'm talking small condo. Actual houses out at the beach run up to a million and more. Even a tiny, junky one five or six blocks from the beach sells for more than 90% of the people who work around here can afford. Even here in Panama City, property anywhere close to the bay costs a fortune.

I have memories a lot like yours: the Miracle Strip, Goofy Golf, root beer in frosted mugs down at the Seahorse, long walks on empty, wild beaches. I'm from Alabama, and like most people there, we came every summer and stayed with the same people. I was here every vacation from the time I was a year old until I graduated from high school, so it feels like I grew up here. Never imagined that I would get to live here, but a teaching position came along and here I am. I love the place, which is why the orgy of greed I'm seeing upsets me so.