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A Retro Revelation

In December 2017, Paul Savidge and Dan Macey were staying at a hotel for a wedding in Reading, one and a half hours northwest of their home in Philadelphia. Once outside the nuptial festivities, they were met with a bleak winter weekend, and the couple got a flat tire on a dark and icy trip home. The dour weather seeped into their mood. Who would want to live here? they asked each other.

As it turned out, they would.

In February 2019, the pair got a call from a real estate agent and friend specializing in

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