Boomer Week, Day 3. Editorial cartoon: an elderly Boomer couple in fleece vests at the yellow formica table of their unremodeled 1970s kitchen, a real-estate agent seated between them with a laptop and a listing form, pen frozen. The man: "We'd like to list at one point one million." The agent: "And what did you pay for it?" The woman: "A hundred thousand." On the fridge, a 1978 snapshot of the same couple holding keys in front of the same house; through the window, a construction fence reading PROPOSED: 6 TOWNHOMES and a hand-lettered NO sign on their own lawn; in the doorway their adult son carries a box to the basement. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with gpt-image-2 on fal.ai
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