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Jeff Sun's avatar

I really enjoyed this. You do a great job conveying what the apartment was like and how in its way it helped you launch at that time in your life.

I can't believe that the nice brick exterior of that house wound up covered by vinyl siding. Ugh.

Jim Grey's avatar

Fortunately, the house was not brick. It was a frame house wrapped in a material called Insulbrick. Fooled me too, while I lived there.

typopete's avatar

1974 in Columbus I found an apartment over a garage for $85 a month. My Mazda shared garage space with a 1958 Chevrolet that the landlady called her “machine.” Moved when my job moved from downtown to the suburbs.

Jim Grey's avatar

Nice! I have a memory that my parents' first apartment in South Bend was 60/mo in 1964.

Merlin Marquardt's avatar

Great article! Appreciate it all.

Jim Grey's avatar

Thank you!

-Nate's avatar

Good stuff here .

I to came to a new town and started out my life, I was 14 and still in high school plus a full time job as a VW Mechanic .

Southern California used to be jam packed with duplexes and tiny little houses all in a row etc., I loved those 1920's ~ 1930's places with the same breakfast nook setup .

Good times .

-Nate

Jim Grey's avatar

The breakfast nook was very cool. It was, however, too tight for four for dinner!

-Nate's avatar

I can dig that .

Gotta remember when built these houses were for *much* smaller and skinnier Americans .

Plus of course, the benches always had nice bottom cushions .

-Nate