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Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Medium, The Atlantic, VICE, VICE UK, Atlas Obscura, Mental Floss, BiggerPockets, NewsBreak, Religion News Service
Death, odd data, linguistics, pugs, food, DC, Greece, reality TV. Bylines: @VICE @TheAtlantic @atlasobscura @Gawker @mental_floss @RNS e: simonknowz@gmail.com

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Post Mortem | VICE | United States

Post Mortem | VICE | United States

A weekly roundup of all things relating to death and the morbid.

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6 Distinctive Vintage Baby Names for Each of the Past 7 Generations

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By Simon Davis
| Mental Floss Verified
Some vintage baby names remain popular year after year—we’re looking at you, James and Emma. But which old-fashioned baby girl and baby boy names characterize an entire generation? We break it down from the Greatest Generation to Gen Z. Meet Elmer, Betty, and Chad—three of the most distinctive vintage baby names of past generations.
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property assessed improvements but no idea why

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By Simon Davis, Greg Scott
| BiggerPockets Verified
Hello I am asking this for my neighbor. She recently lost her husband and is taking care of all the finances herself which the husband used to do. She showed me her property tax statement and was surprised the tax is so much. I read the statement and it says she bought the condo for $x which she agrees with. But then there is something called improvements, and the improvements is just as much, making the assessed value $2x. she has no idea how this could be.
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6 Distinctive Vintage Baby Names for Each of the Past 7 Generations

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By Simon Davis
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