House in the Neighborhood

Real estate prices have gone up in Austin and especially our neighborhood in the three decades I've been here. Although nothing like the spike on the coasts and other places. The median price in our metropolitan area is about a fourth of that of, say, San Jose. The median price in the neighborhood may be closer to half of San Jose. Still, someone has taken the time for a traditional old-fashioned addition. Probably didn't even get a permit. Nice to see. FFP peeked toward the backyard of another house in the neighborhood where he used to play in a tree house. Even the tree is gone, he thinks. Must be strange to be walking where you grew up. We were wandering the neighborhood on foot yesterday morning before the rain going for a coffee and looking at what was going on.