Growing up sometimes I would hear about how the other "half" lives. It was a thinly veiled reference to those folks who had money. Saturday we took Carol's sister, brother in law and mother for a drive around part of Wilmington Island. We normally drive up Johnnie Mercer Boulevard and the houses along there are not very impressive. We had been to some estate sales in the area and the house we saw were all built in the 1960's and seemed to be average and the decor dated. People kept telling us that there were some great houses on Wilmington. We had doubts. We went to Publix grocery store a week ago and took a wrong turn when we left. We found out what they were talking about. These are not the houses of the other half. These houses are on the low end about 1.75 million dollars and on the high end somewhere over 3 million. I was impressed with the gates and fences. I'm pretty sure we couldn't afford those which means the houses are way out of our reach.
One thing to keep in mind on an island is that square footage is money. Part of the huge cost of these houses is the large yards and on the back side the water. A yard that size on Tybee would have at least four houses on it.
I had to throw these blooming flowers in.
This house has a spectular stained glass window.
We did manage to find one house in the area we thought we could afford. I'm sure it is housing for the hired help for the house in the background.
There is a similar street here in St. Petersburg. The fancy gates and semi-secluded castle in the back. Most have For Sale signs in front of them. I wonder why.
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