Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by detourdog 1065 days ago
My uncle was driving from Miami to Pennsylvania and saw the building activity. He thought it was more NASA building and put together a syndicate to buy as much land as possible. Disney bought his first plot and he turned around and bought the more as close as possible. He didn't need to know what was going.

The USA was founded on the use of capital and I'm always shocked how deep it runs including this anonymity.

found this article

https://archive.is/PmoL4

That article is more or less accurate but I have to add this story about him from a funeral late in life.

Standing around not knowing what to talk about he looked down at his tie. He started talking about how much the tie cost. This launched a story about the first time he had to buy an expensive tie when he was young to make an impression. He reflected on the luxury he currently enjoyed of not having to buy an expensive tie.