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Wealthy holiday spots fight to free up homes for locals

Wealthy holiday spots fight to free up homes for locals
Vail in Colorado is famous for its skiing facilities. (Image: Depositphotos)
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By Fred A. Bernstein At first, the two towns seem to have little in common: Vail, Colorado, a ski-resort community two hours west of Denver, is bisected by Interstate 70, while Nantucket, Massachusetts, an island off Cape Cod, is reachable only by boat or plane. But Vail, at an average elevation of 8,150 feet, is surrounded by the White River National Forest. “We might as well be an island,” says George Ruther, Vail's housing director, who is charged with finding places for middle-class workers – including t...

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