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...their bicycles along manicured pathways. To avoid the formation of impoverished ghettos in Angers, the city's socialist officials have for years settled low-income families like that of Franck V.'s among far wealthier residents, and heavily subsidized their rent. Franck and Patricia conducted their trade from their three-bedroom apartment in a four-story building on Rue Maurice Pouzet. Customers came and went, but the neighbors never pried. Now, there is a sense of shame among residents at having failed to notice the nightmare in their midst. When Time visited the building recently, neighbors brushed aside questions, some...
When Frances Sisk, an artist in Naples, Fla., decided to upgrade her three-bedroom condo, she asked Abbie Sladick, a CAPS-trained remodeler, to design interior spaces that would meet future needs. The result was so subtle that her guests rarely realize that the condo is wheelchair accessible. "They have no idea," says Sisk. "They come in the door and say, 'Oh, I feel like I'm in Paris or New York...
...Summit: it's well located, solidly built by a reputable foreign developer (a key consideration in a city where many buildings fall apart), and has all the trappings an expat might want, from indoor pool to cigar room. The trouble was, the asking price for a large three-bedroom had doubled in two years to about $800,000?perhaps a third of what it would cost in Hong Kong, but hardly a steal. In some luxury buildings, prices had surged by 45% in six months, fueled by low mortgage rates, expectations among foreign buyers that China's currency will gain...
Segregation underscores the differences in the way South African blacks and whites live. A middle-class black, even though he may earn a decent wage (perhaps $4,200), is forced to reside in a ghetto. A middle-class white, earning around $9,000, can live in a three-bedroom house in a pleasant suburb with a live-in maid and a small swimming pool...
...said that all houses will choose individually how to accommodate gaining or losing a handful of beds—an accommodation that depends on the architecture of each house. A rooming arrangement with an open common room with two bedrooms, for example, might have to be converted to a three-bedroom arrangement...