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b_b  ·  608 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Saga Behind What Could Have Been America’s Priciest Home

I have family in western NC right near the Biltmore Estate. As a kid touring it in the 80s, the lesson was supposed to be “people don’t live like this anymore because the robber Baron days are over, but at least we have this wonderful nature preserve to show for it.” All the bad and none of the good odds back.