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In Ask Metafilter, The Vole Drama; a play in three acts (so far). We're on the edge of our seats!

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Money expert jdroth has a great answer to the question "How the heck do you afford a down payment for a house?"

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In Ask Metafilter, I want to work on my physical fitness, but I don't want to leave my house.

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I want to know more about the material culture of a large English country house or great house in the Victorian era. ...if a house like this somehow got frozen in time, and you came along a century later and could wander around inside, what would you find?

Among the answers, Jane the Brown offers a very nice overview of the state of the estate.

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Slate Magazine published a short piece today questioning how realistic the popular HGTV show House Hunters actually is. The story goes nicely with a comment from last summer on Ask MetaFilter describing just how faked and staged the show was for a member's friend that was on the show.
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