This was the view I enjoyed for over 20 years.

Now, it will belong to the owner of this new house:

If I want to enjoy “my” view again, it would cost me $749K. Granted, it is a new home with twice the bedrooms, 2.5 times the baths, and well over twice the square footage. I would venture that it would even hold a Jones Family Xmas Party – and that is saying something. That still doesn’t make it affordable.
While I can no longer see Puget Sound from my kitchen, I do have a view straight into theirs. The only bit of solace I can grasp is that whoever buys it will also have to look into mine. Hmm, maybe it’s time to start cooking in the nude.