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Steven Dennis

@StevenTDennis

4 Sep

First up on #FridayNightZillow — a *stunning* Versailles-ish New York mansion built by William J. Levitt — the “Father of Suburbia” who struck it rich pioneering cookie-cutter homes, lived an insane life, then lost most of his wealth, this home & his yacht
zillow.com/homedetails/38…

Levitt's life is a classic American saga that I’m frankly surprised hasn’t been turned into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johansson. #FridayNightZillow 2/

Levitt built Levittowns all over, and he and his family pioneered treated house-building sort of like how Ford treated car building, with an uber-emphasis on efficiency. Made cover of Time as a developer of cheap houses in 1950! content.time.com/time/covers/0,… #FridayNightZillow 3/

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Steven Dennis

@StevenTDennis

3 Sep

@KaustuvBasu1

***Senate Democrats are considering an expanded menu of taxes on corporations and the wealthy to help pay for Biden's $3.5 trillion economic agenda***

W/@KaustuvBasu1
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Expanded menu of potential tax targets considered by Dems include:
*Stock buybacks
*Supersized CEO pay
*Billionaire unrealized cap gains
*Supersized IRAs
*Carried interest for fund managers
*Trusts used to elude estate/gift taxes
*Carbon (w/rebates)
*Virgin plastic

It's not clear how many of these if any will pass muster with Joe Manchin & Co, who now wants to hit the pause button on Biden's agenda, but the menu gives Democrats more options as they negotiate among themselves.

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Steven Dennis

@StevenTDennis

3 Sep

Per NYT stats, tiny Hot Springs County, Wyoming has had a stunning 3%+ of its population reported as COVID cases this past week. 23 a day average out of ~4600 residents. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Headline from the "Big Horn Radio Network":

"HOT SPRINGS COUNTY SCHOOLS & BUSINESSES CRIPPLED BY COVID-19"

Their schools are back to online learning.
mybighornbasin.com/hot-springs-co…

Only 39% of the county is fully vaxxed.

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Steven Dennis

@StevenTDennis

1 Sep

Going to be an epic #FridayNightZillow thread this week. A peek:

Like, I have some questions. That's ... the, er, *MOVIES* room????

Mirrored doors = keeping it classy, understated.

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Steven Dennis

@StevenTDennis

30 Aug

A rare #SundayNightZillow showdown:

Which mega-estate would you choose?

West Virginia on left v. Montana on right

Each sleeps >100!

Follow this thread and at the end you vote in a poll on which one you'd choose. 1/

FIRST up on the #SundayNightZillow showdown:

*494-acre* Wellsburg, West Virginia mega-estate!

🏰61BRs, 64BAs, 54K sf!

"Originally commissioned as a summer estate by Cpt. JJ Vandergrift with Gilded Age-era craftsmanship!"

<1 hr to Pittsburgh

Just $3.8M
zillow.com/homedetails/15…

So, it's a lot on the dark side on the interiors for my taste and needs some updating, but:
*Already has chapel for weddings, chapel-things
*27BRs are from a previously built "care home"
*A truly colossal number of acres. You could build a theme park here if you wanted.

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