The Magic Castle is full
of families like Hailey's and Moonee's, as are the numerous motels in their corner
of Orlando, Florida, separated from one another by water - clogged green grass, garish stores like temples to
excess, and hollowed - out,
abandoned tract
homes painted in the same Disney-esque colors.
Some
of the general
excesses of the property boom certainly came
home to roost, with some valuers appearing guilty
of abandoning prudent valuation practices during the very active transactional market, presumably overly comforted by the upward trend in property asset values.