Gap Between Have-Lots, Have-Nots

What an ironic juxtaposition of stories in the Sept. 8 Real Estate section: Michelle Pfeiffer and hubby producer buying yet another multimillion-dollar residence, while Pat Cici Jr., scrimping and saving for even one small house to call his own, gets frozen out of the market by skyrocketing speculative prices.

Maybe that week’s section should have been subtitled “For Richer or Poorer, Real Estate for the ‘Best’ of Us--and for the Rest of Us.”

Thank you for presenting both ends of what is becoming an ever-widening spectrum in Southern California.

RICHARD MALLERY

North Hollywood

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