Originally Posted by aliaslaceygreen
Originally Posted by May in Jersey
AZTeri wrote - "One thing I miss is not having a homestead to return to. I have family still in Cleveland, and I still consider that home, but it's not the same as those of you who have homes that have been in the family for generations."
We also feel that way about the house that was orginally owned by my material grandparents back in Brooklyn, in a few years it will have been in the family for 100 years. After my grandparents died ownship passed to their son, my Uncle Tony, and now it belongs to one of his daughters and her DH. We were all upset when our his daughter, my cousin, said that they may be selling the 'family homestead' as her DH has retired and wants to move out of state.
May, Now that they are talking about raising the bridge tolls again, you may not be so interested in going back to B'lyn so often! $12 for the Outerbridge and $12 for the Verrazano?? Can you afford to go home again?? Crazy stuff...
Isn't that something - higher tolls again. We make sure that a trip to B'klyn over those 2 bridges is a planned one and get to see and do as much as we can in one visit. Sometimes we sneak in the cheaper way, through Manhatten with only one toll but it's a longer trip and lots more traffic.