Maybe I’m a Hypocrite
But hear my story before you judge me.
We hauled off and bought a little winter place in Sarasota, Florida, even after I wrote a story saying only rich people can live there now. It is a city I love but have mixed feelings about living in since it is inarguably and obviously an enclave of the rich.
I complained in another story https://caroljburt.medium.com/only-rich-people-can-live-here-now-75ef17b9487 about how the town had been taken over by the rich to the point that normal people and people who work in the service professions can’t afford to live there to staff all the hotels, cafes, retail outlets, etc.
At first, seeing the city I called home in the 90’s become so popular only the rich can buy a home there, I felt dejected (and angry) about our plans to buy a little winter cottage there so I didn’t have to keep enduring the autumn and winter seasons that I so abhor.
But I changed my mind. I’m a woman, so as the sexist’s say, it’s normal for me to change my mind. (There might be a kernel of truth to that saying). I’m a fighter, a warrior woman, a dissenter, and I resist. There had to be some way to live in this town of bookstores, an opera house, one of the best libraries anywhere, active community theater, white sand, powdered-sugar beaches, and glorious sunsets.
