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    Mom’s Dream House

    Jul 25, 2018 3 minutes
    By Patricia McAdams, SUN CITY CENTER, FLORIDA

    WANTED: A small house for an elderly couple. Must be: located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania; near public transportation; walking distance to shops and restaurants; no more than $16,000.

    I went over that wish list again in my head. I’d been searching for that house—that dream house—for my parents every day for the past five months. This was back in 1971. There was no Google then to help me out. I’d taken to scouring the local papers day in

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