So after the cop came to the door this morning looking for our neighbor who’s disappeared, I went looking and finally got to the grocery which is the center of all information.  There I learned that she’s been hospitalized again and her daughter was just there.

She’s very dear to me and I hope she’s all right, but another thought from a completely different direction occurred to me.  The housing crisis in Tel Aviv.

This means that Tel Aviv is encouraging residents of older buildings to tear down their houses and build safer and bigger units.  The plans for our buildings are grand and lots of money to be earned by the contractor and the middlemen.  For us, it would mean finding a place to live for 2 years and then moving back to a renewed apartment with an addition of a safe room.  66% of the residents have to agree on this.  At the moment there is a margin that don’t agree, because they are too old and can’t really benefit from this deal.   But they are old and are slowly dying out, so the balance will soon tip.