{"id":18022,"date":"2011-12-05T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=18022"},"modified":"2011-12-05T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T22:00:33","slug":"what-a-difference-a-few-years-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/05\/what-a-difference-a-few-years-makes\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Difference a Few Years Makes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seattle-Times-Front-Page_2011-12-04.pdf\">Yesterday&#8217;s Seattle Times front page<\/a> caught my attention, and reminded me of <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Seattle-Times-Front-Page_2006-09-03.pdf\">a similar front page just a few years ago<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 600px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seattle-Times_2006-2011.png\" title=\"Seattle Times front pages\" rel=\"lightbox[18022]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Seattle-Times_2006-2011-600x434.png\" style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Seattle Times front pages - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"Seattle Times front pages\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, they&#8217;re charting different things, and yes, this Sunday&#8217;s story isn&#8217;t directly about real estate, but the similar visual style coupled with such starkly different tones still struck me as interesting.<\/p>\n<p>The 2006 story: <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2003241541_appreciation03.html\" title=\"Home prices' long rise: Is the end near?\">Home prices&#8217; long rise: Is the end near?<\/a> <em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/03\/seattle-times-we-are-immune-so-says-history\/\" title=\"Seattle Times: We Are Immune, So Says History\">Seattle Bubble response<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 2011 story: <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/flatpages\/local\/recessionpackage.html\" title=\"The Great Recession's toll: Tallying the impact in the Northwest\">The Great Recession&#8217;s toll: Tallying the impact in the Northwest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Seattle Times front page caught my attention, and reminded me of a similar front page just a few years ago&#8230; Yes, they&#8217;re charting different things, and yes, this Sunday&#8217;s story isn&#8217;t directly about real estate, but the similar visual style coupled with such starkly different tones still struck me as interesting. 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