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Just to be clear that the source writing to you now (your friendly blogger and letter writer) is not one of the many come-lately momo “me too!” crowd, here is a historical fact:
Greetings from Philadelphia. Specifically, downtown Philly near Rittenhouse Square. I’ve never stayed in this city in my entire life, but it’s been a fun few hours thus far. Judgmental chap that I am, here are a few quick takes I’ve got:
The Dow Utility Index has had an extraordinarily good year, driven largely by the surprising assertion that, ya know, since AI is going to be a multi-trillion dollar industry then, ya see, all those chips are going to need tons of power so all the power-providing utility companies are going to have an absolutely bonanza. Right.
The point of this graph is that almost all house sales these days are new “homes” (typically the soulless, cheaply-made travesties that get advertised on billboards). I suspect a bunch of folks are like me – – they aren’t EVER going to move, for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is the super-low tax I pay from being here so long and the fact all my dogs are buried in the back).
