In prestigious Grosse Point Farms, MI, just a block or two from the lake, is this lovely home…..
…….which costs less than most homely, tacky, tiny houses in Lake Balboa.
Showing that there is a direct correlation between economic prosperity and house prices, even the finest suburban areas near Detroit are fast becoming cheap places to invest in.
Here in Van Nuys 
The neighborhood of that ridiculously overpriced Lake Balboa home, and the multitude of similar homes throughout the valley on narrow lots whose garages face a back alley, look so “middle America” to me. The irony is how that home would fit so well elsewhere in Detroit. Rarely elsewhere in LA do I get such a sense of mid-western déjà vu than in Van Nuys. My 3rd floor apartment on Victory across from Anthony C. Beilenson Park (aka Balboa Park) overlooks such a neighborhood, and with the early morning light hitting the roofs below, it’s eerie how Norman Rockwell-eque the scene looks of ordinary folks living in their homely, tacky, tiny houses. With the recession hitting hard, such images of normalcy bring me comfort.
-Brian
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