On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Ruth Barton wrote: > PS: Know anyone who wants to buy an 1890s house in a small rural Vermont > village? My impression is that property values in Vermont, even in small rural villages, are breathtakingly high by Midwest standards, especially given the lack of many jobs in the vicinity. On the other hand, across the state line in northern New York, without Vermont's fabulous public image, comparable houses and farms are available for vastly less, cheap even by Michigan standards, in some cases falling into ruin for lack of anyone to care for them. Larry --- Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask] Washtenaw County Commissioner, 4th District The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com Polygon, the Dancing Bear, http://potifos.com/polygon Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106 -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>