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This $800K House Seems Like A Great Deal — Until You Learn About The Basement – Digg
If you want to buy this house in Fairfax, Virginia, you’ll have to buy it without first seeing its lower level — or the non-lease-holding resident who lives there.
A permanent squatter? Really?!
Suzanne Lee: Why “biofabrication” is the next industrial revolution | TED Talk
TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: What if we could “grow” clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help us replace major sources of waste, like plastic and cement, with sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.
— Read on www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_lee_why_biofabrication_is_the_next_industrial_revolution/transcript
Delete Chrome Now
Your privacy is compromised.
A new tracking admission from Google, one that hasn’t yet made headlines, should be a serious warning to Chrome’s 2.6 billion users. If you’re one of them, this nasty new surprise should be a genuine reason to quit.
A Man Lives in 2 Tiny Houses on a Private Island in Florida
In 2017, Tim Davidson was given 60 days to move out of his family’s vacation home in Florida.
Davidson had been living in the vacation home in Sarasota, Florida, for about a year when his family decided it was finally time for him to get a place of his own.
Initially, Davidson considered buying a traditional-size home.
While he was house hunting, he realized that a large home meant unused space, unnecessary belongings, more taxes, and more money.
Davidson just wanted the necessities: a bedroom, living area, small kitchen, and access to the outdoors.
A tiny home felt like a perfect solution.
BrownieBytes has a question: If he’s on an island, why didn’t he position the houses so he has a water view? Very odd fellow…
— Read on www.insider.com/man-lives-two-tiny-homes-private-island-florida-2021-3
Homebuyers Are Heading to Florida During Covid, but Nearly as Many Are Moving Out – WSJ
By Candace Taylor
Thanks to hurricanes, heat and red-hot home prices, the state’s population growth hit its lowest rate since 2014 during the pandemic.
David Gewirtz never got used to the heat, even after 15 years in Florida.
Still, Mr. Gewirtz, who grew up in New Jersey, and his wife, Denise Amrich, liked their adopted hometown of Palm Bay, Fla., and probably would have stayed if it weren’t for the “brutal” hurricanes.
“Staring at those tracker maps for weeks before a hurricane hits starts to create a stress level,” said Mr. Gewirtz, a technology columnist in his early 50s. “It’s three weeks of wondering whether you’re going to have a house at the end.”
The couple evacuated their home in the path of 2017’s Hurricane Irma, kept driving until they got to Oregon and decided to stay.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/people-moving-to-florida-during-covid-11615463911
The Rise and Fall of the Cruise Industry
By Robert Leslie , Noah Lewis , and Claire Price
Until COVID-19 hit, the global cruise industry was on course for a record-breaking year. But major coronavirus outbreaks on board ships cost lives, jobs, and damaged the reputation of the fastest-growing sector of the travel industry.
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