I got nostalgic and looked at some of my childhood homes on Google Earth street view. My father had an Air Force career so we moved a lot until we settled in Ca. One home was in rural Michigan-that home looks better than I remember but a lot more homes around. The home in San Antonio was my earliest memory-we bought it new and it looked like a run down rental. Both my parents were from Indianapolis so I spent a lot of time there with my grandparents. My grandparents home (that he built in the 30's) in Indianapolis looked nothing like I remembered. It must have remodeled at some point. The neighborhood looked exactly as I remembered it.

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W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

yes,looked at richmond ca,san antonio grandmas house. love google earth

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I too some years ago looked at the homes we had over the years. Not too many suprises. I reciently found out that the area I actually grew up in. Is considered really great now in west Toronto. Who would have ever thought? In my time there it was just considered a working class neighborhood. Some years back when we travelled more. I would fit in a drive by of one or two of them.

My Dad was in grad school at Emory Univ in Decatur, GA. Now suburban Atlanta. When I was a boy we lived in a modest neighborhood in NE Atlanta. It is now totally gentrified. I was amazed at my old street address. Whomever paid for that renovation had an income to be proud of.

They pour a lot on money in when an older area is upgraded. This renovate everything makes a lot of work. They take it well beyond just restoring usually. When a municipality is involved in the serious remake of an area. The work quality now is under tight inspection.

The sale prices are so high this avoids people buying cover up type of work. You have to submit to a lot of paperwork even before starting.

I've used Google Earth a lot to cruise by my old neighborhoods I grew up in in Durban. Interesting for sure. But also disappointing given the changes that have occurred.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

In the mid-1970’s I was fortunate in going on three botanical expeditions to Central America including MX. I was navigator and so, spent a lot of time reconciling 1920’s, 1:250,000 map to looking out of the window. Because I’d put so much effort back then I found following our path on GoogleEarth very rewarding. So much urbanization! Lots of oak-pine clear cutting since then. If it weren’t for murderous cartels I’d LOVE to go back.

A friend manages rooms for mainly students in San Louis Obispo. I g-mapped it. One can still see portions of the original Highway 1 as part of the driveway. There are several old houses there. The main house still has the (blacksmith) forged hook hammered in the ceiling of the kitchen where they hung a kerosene lamp for lighting. Been wired & plumbed over the decades.

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