{"id":1148,"date":"2007-10-04T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/04\/for-only-15-million\/"},"modified":"2010-02-01T15:52:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T23:52:39","slug":"for-only-15-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/04\/for-only-15-million\/","title":{"rendered":"For Only $1.5 Million&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I had a million (and a half) dollars, I&#8217;d buy you a house&#8230;  But what kind of house?<\/p>\n<p>Would you rather have a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/110-W-Smith-St-98119\/home\/131299\" title=\"Queen Anne House: MLS# 27149453\">phenomenal location &amp; nearly total renovation<\/a>&#8221; on Queen Anne:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 400px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/110-W-Smith-St-98119\/home\/131299\" title=\"Queen Anne House: 110 W Smith St Seattle, WA 98119 - Click to view listing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/queenannehouse.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px\" title=\"Queen Anne House: 110 W Smith St Seattle, WA 98119 - Click to view listing\" alt=\"Queen Anne House: 110 W Smith St Seattle, WA 98119\" height=\"324\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/110-W-Smith-St-98119\/home\/131299\" title=\"Queen Anne House: 110 W Smith St Seattle, WA 98119 - Click to view listing\">Click to view listing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Or a 16-building, 45,000 square foot <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071011015846\/http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=190132455924\" title=\"The Former Larsen Air Force Base Complex 1A Titan ICBM Facility\">former missile complex<\/a> on (under) 57 acres in Eastern Washington:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 400px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071011015846\/http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=190132455924\" title=\"Titan Missile Base - Click to view listing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/titan1pencil-sm.png\" style=\"border: 0pt none ; margin: 5px\" title=\"Titan Missile Base - Click to view listing\" alt=\"Titan Missile Base\" height=\"441\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071011015846\/http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=190132455924\" title=\"Titan Missile Base - Click to view listing\">Click to view listing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, granted, it would probably cost another $1.5 million to bring the base up to fully-functioning &#8220;evil genius secret lair&#8221; status.  But still, even for $3 million, when given the choice between this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 400px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/3020-Magnolia-Blvd-W-98199\/home\/125822\" title=\"Magnolia House: 3020 Magnolia Blvd W, Seattle, WA 98199 - Click to view listing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/magnoiliahouse.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px\" title=\"Magnolia House: MLS# 27150250 - Click to view listing\" alt=\"Magnolia House: 3020 Magnolia Blvd W, Seattle, WA 98199\" height=\"267\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/WA\/Seattle\/3020-Magnolia-Blvd-W-98199\/home\/125822\" title=\"Magnolia House: 3020 Magnolia Blvd W, Seattle, WA 98199 - Click to view listing\">Click to view listing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 400px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siloworld.com\/ICBM\/TITAN\/T1\/sideview1.htm\" title=\"Titan Missile Base - Click to view drawings\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/titan1diagram-sm.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px\" title=\"Titan Missile Base - Click to view drawings\" alt=\"Titan Missile Base\" height=\"326\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.siloworld.com\/ICBM\/TITAN\/T1\/sideview1.htm\" title=\"Titan Missile Base - Click to view drawings\">Click to view drawings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who <em>wouldn&#8217;t<\/em> take the underground fortress?  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