The people selling the sondos are the people who are making the $$$. Most of them (buildings) are pretty "tired" and needed major infusions of cash. Maybe if u think the T-Bird was nice, you have a real misconception of what a shore motel can be like. I hate to see it go, but I think the only thing holding it up was the peeling paint. The bar smelled like stale liquor and cigarette smoke...all the time., walking into the pool area past the rotting dumpster was a thrill too. And I know what the owners got for it and I would help them pack. They did more than "OK"...as are most of the motel owners. Now we are shifting into another problem, one I hope resolves ittself thru natural forces and that is the condo explosion. NW gov't has put strict codes in place on sq footage and height/lenght of the new one. This was after they saw some of the "shoe boxes" piled on top of one another w/connecting ecternal steps. I applaud their quik response....and the $$$ u quoted for tose 2 hotels, as previously stated were inflated.

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