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Rain finally broke Austin's dry streak of more than a month, and my block produced exactly one puddle. Eleven adults, four dogs and one realtor showed up to pay their respects.
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The sagging four-bedroom at 1312 Salina rented for $1,950 total in 2012, split between a night nurse, a bike mechanic, a cook from Las Manitas, and whoever was crashing on the couch that month; last week I watched a woman in mirrored sunglasses pitch the new "Enclave" version to a prospective tenant while standing exactly where the barbecue grill used to live, now replaced by a $65,000 communal fire pit and mandatory Slack channel for "vibe alignment."
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The realtor called the 1935 yellow bungalow at 902 Monroe a "teardown opportunity" while the hummingbird feeder still spun above her head; three blocks away another 1940s house just became "The Monroe Collective" with units starting at $2,950 and a rooftop fire pit no one will use.
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