Growth of American Cities Through the Ages
A reminiscence on how fast cities like Denver and Los Angeles expanded. An East investor in Denver around twenty five years ago would have seen real estate soar after saying it was overgrown. In Los Angeles a boom doubled the city from a small, doomed town to a vast metropolis, turning $500 into $500 000 in outlying acreage today.
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Two Irishmen quarrel in a cemetery over its quality and a pledge to never return. One dubs it fine, the other insists he will not live there, highlighting the humorous misunderstanding.
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