Submitted by Chris Thomas on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 12:50
When I was in Seattle last week, a big feature story in the Seattle Times covered the stunning cost that a water or cityscape view adds to urban house and condo prices – and how some developers even buy rights to airspace to prevent others from blocking those views.
Back in Boise, I thought about that when my next-door neighbor texted me the other day to tell me she’d be right outside my office window and didn’t want to alarm me.
Unless it’s a Nobel Prize winner – or Jaxson, the adorable pug that received “Hometown Hero” honors last week from the City of Meridian, Idaho, for barking loudly to alert his owners to an electrical fire – most award recipients probably don’t get the publicity they deserve.
I’ve just put the finishing touches on a large writing project that required extensive research.